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vcard"><tbody><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-above" style="font-size: 100%;"><div class="fn" style="font-size:125%;">Mira Ricardel</div></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-image"><span class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Frameless"><a href="/wiki/File:Mira_Ricardel_official_photo.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3f/Mira_Ricardel_official_photo.jpg/220px-Mira_Ricardel_official_photo.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="306" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3f/Mira_Ricardel_official_photo.jpg/330px-Mira_Ricardel_official_photo.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3f/Mira_Ricardel_official_photo.jpg/440px-Mira_Ricardel_official_photo.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1145" data-file-height="1590" /></a></span></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="color: #202122; background:lavender;line-height:normal;padding:0.2em;">30th <a href="/wiki/Deputy_National_Security_Advisor_(United_States)" class="mw-redirect" title="Deputy National Security Advisor (United States)">United States Deputy National Security Advisor</a></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data" style="border-bottom:none"><span class="nowrap"><b>In office</b></span><br />May 15, 2018 – November 14, 2018</td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left">President</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Donald_Trump" title="Donald Trump">Donald Trump</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left"><span class="nowrap">Preceded by</span></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Ricky_L._Waddell" title="Ricky L. Waddell">Ricky L. Waddell</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left"><span class="nowrap">Succeeded by</span></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Charles_Kupperman" title="Charles Kupperman">Charles Kupperman</a></td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="color: #202122; background:lavender;line-height:normal;padding:0.2em;"><a href="/wiki/United_States_Department_of_Commerce" title="United States Department of Commerce">Under Secretary of Commerce for Industry and Security</a></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data" style="border-bottom:none"><span class="nowrap"><b>In office</b></span><br />September 11, 2017 – May 14, 2018</td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left">President</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Donald_Trump" title="Donald Trump">Donald Trump</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left"><span class="nowrap">Preceded by</span></th><td class="infobox-data">Eric Hirschhorn</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left"><span class="nowrap">Succeeded by</span></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Alan_Estevez" title="Alan Estevez">Alan Estevez</a></td></tr><tr style="display:none"><td colspan="2"> </td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="color: #202122; background:lavender">Personal details</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Born</th><td class="infobox-data"><div style="display:inline" class="nickname">Mira P. Radielovic</div><br /><span style="display:none"> (<span class="bday">1960-07-05</span>) </span>July 5, 1960<span class="noprint ForceAgeToShow"> (age 64)</span><br /><a href="/wiki/Milwaukee,_Wisconsin" class="mw-redirect" title="Milwaukee, Wisconsin">Milwaukee, Wisconsin</a>, U.S.<sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Political party</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Republican_Party_(United_States)" title="Republican Party (United States)">Republican</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Spouse(s)</th><td class="infobox-data">Robert Baratta (divorced)<br />Vincent Ricardel</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Education</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Georgetown_University" title="Georgetown University">Georgetown University</a> (<a href="/wiki/Bachelor_of_Science" title="Bachelor of Science">BS</a>)<br /><a href="/wiki/Tufts_University" title="Tufts University">Tufts University</a></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-below" style="border-top: 1px solid right;"><div></div></td></tr></tbody></table> <p><b>Mira Radielovic Ricardel</b> (formerly <b>Baratta</b>; born July 5, 1960),<sup id="cite_ref-allgov_2-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-allgov-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> is an American businesswoman and former government official. </p><p>She is a board member of Titomic, an Australian manufacturing additive company listed on the <a href="/wiki/Australian_Securities_Exchange" title="Australian Securities Exchange">Australian Securities Exchange</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>She served as <a href="/wiki/Deputy_National_Security_Advisor_(United_States)" class="mw-redirect" title="Deputy National Security Advisor (United States)">Deputy National Security Advisor</a> from May 2018 to November 2018. Her controversial departure from the White House was largely billed as being "fired at the request of <a href="/wiki/First_Lady_of_the_United_States" title="First Lady of the United States">First Lady</a> <a href="/wiki/Melania_Trump" title="Melania Trump">Melania Trump</a>."<sup id="cite_ref-wapo_4-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-wapo-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Earlier in the <a href="/wiki/First_presidency_of_Donald_Trump" title="First presidency of Donald Trump">first Trump administration</a>, Ricardel served as a Special Assistant to the President and Associate Director in the <a href="/wiki/White_House_Office" title="White House Office">Office of Presidential Personnel</a>,<sup id="cite_ref-ppo_5-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ppo-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and <a href="/wiki/United_States_Department_of_Commerce" title="United States Department of Commerce">Under Secretary of Commerce for Export Administration</a>. In years prior to that, she served as a foreign policy advisor to <a href="/wiki/United_States_Senate" title="United States Senate">U.S. Senator</a> <a href="/wiki/Bob_Dole" title="Bob Dole">Bob Dole</a> and held positions in the <a href="/wiki/United_States_Department_of_Defense" title="United States Department of Defense">U.S. Department of Defense</a> during the presidency of George W. Bush. </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Early_life_and_education">Early life and education</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Mira_Ricardel&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Early life and education"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Born Mira P. Radielovic in <a href="/wiki/Milwaukee,_Wisconsin" class="mw-redirect" title="Milwaukee, Wisconsin">Milwaukee, Wisconsin</a>,<sup id="cite_ref-dpe_6-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-dpe-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Ricardel is of German and <a href="/wiki/Croats" title="Croats">Croatian descent</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-crow_7-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-crow-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Her father, Peter Radielovic,<sup id="cite_ref-father_8-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-father-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> came from <a href="/wiki/Breza,_Bosnia_and_Herzegovina" title="Breza, Bosnia and Herzegovina">Breza, Bosnia and Herzegovina</a>. He was 16 years old when he survived the <a href="/wiki/Bleiburg_repatriations" title="Bleiburg repatriations">Bleiburg repatriations</a>. After briefly attending <a href="/wiki/Zagreb_University" class="mw-redirect" title="Zagreb University">Zagreb University</a>, he left <a href="/wiki/Socialist_Federal_Republic_of_Yugoslavia" title="Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia">Yugoslavia</a> in 1954. After two years in <a href="/wiki/Heidelberg" title="Heidelberg">Heidelberg</a>, where he met and married his wife, he arrived in the <a href="/wiki/United_States" title="United States">United States</a> in 1956.<sup id="cite_ref-sara16_9-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-sara16-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-crow_7-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-crow-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Ricardel grew up in <a href="/wiki/Pasadena,_California" title="Pasadena, California">Pasadena, California</a>, and at home spoke the German and <a href="/wiki/Croatian_language" title="Croatian language">Croatian languages</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-crow_7-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-crow-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-stand_10-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-stand-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Her family belonged to the <a href="/wiki/Catholic_Church_in_Croatia" title="Catholic Church in Croatia">St Anthony's Croatian Catholic Church</a> and attended Mass in Los Angeles.<sup id="cite_ref-11" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-crow_7-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-crow-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-stand_10-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-stand-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Ricardel received her <a href="/wiki/Bachelor_of_Science_in_Foreign_Service" class="mw-redirect" title="Bachelor of Science in Foreign Service">Bachelor of Science (B.S.) in Foreign Service</a> from <a href="/wiki/Georgetown_University" title="Georgetown University">Georgetown University</a>, graduating magna cum laude in 1982 and received honors in Russian Studies.<sup id="cite_ref-allgov_2-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-allgov-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> While at Georgetown, she was a member of the <a href="/wiki/Delta_Phi_Epsilon_(professional)" title="Delta Phi Epsilon (professional)">Delta Phi Epsilon professional foreign service sorority</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-dpe_6-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-dpe-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>She then did doctoral coursework at the <a href="/wiki/Fletcher_School_of_Law_and_Diplomacy" class="mw-redirect" title="Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy">Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy</a> at <a href="/wiki/Tufts_University" title="Tufts University">Tufts University</a>, but did not complete her degree.<sup id="cite_ref-ppo_5-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ppo-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Career">Career</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Mira_Ricardel&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Career"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Ricardel's public service began in 1984, when she was selected for the distinguished Presidential Management Intern Program (now Presidential Management Fellow Program) where she rotated into positions at the Defense Logistics Agency, the Defense Security Cooperation Agency, and the Office of Senator Pete Wilson (R-CA). </p><p>Politically, Ricardel has characterized herself as a "<a href="/wiki/Reagan_Republican" class="mw-redirect" title="Reagan Republican">Reagan Republican</a>".<sup id="cite_ref-stand_10-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-stand-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Her first political appointment was in 1986, working at the <a href="/wiki/Arms_Control_and_Disarmament_Agency" title="Arms Control and Disarmament Agency">Arms Control and Disarmament Agency</a> where she served as a congressional affairs specialist and later as a deputy director for congressional affairs. She served at the agency until 1989.<sup id="cite_ref-:1_12-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:1-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-:2_13-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:2-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Aide_to_Dole">Aide to Dole</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Mira_Ricardel&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Aide to Dole"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>From 1989 to 1996, Ricardel worked as a legislative assistant to <a href="/wiki/Party_leaders_of_the_United_States_Senate" title="Party leaders of the United States Senate">Senate Republican leader</a> <a href="/wiki/Bob_Dole" title="Bob Dole">Bob Dole</a>, drafting legislation and specializing in foreign affairs and defense policy.<sup id="cite_ref-:1_12-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:1-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> She made appearances in public,<sup id="cite_ref-Agfa_14-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Agfa-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and her work with Dole earned her a portrayal in the nationally circulated <i><a href="/wiki/Weekly_Standard" class="mw-redirect" title="Weekly Standard">Weekly Standard</a></i> in 1995.<sup id="cite_ref-stand_10-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-stand-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> During the <a href="/wiki/Bosnian_War" title="Bosnian War">Bosnian War</a> between 1992 and 1995, her personal knowledge of the languages and cultures involved was credited with improving Dole's understanding of the conflict. One official said, "She knows the issues, so he knows the issues."<sup id="cite_ref-news_15-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-news-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Ricardel's Croatian heritage brought forth accusations that she was influencing Dole to take an anti-Serbian policy stance.<sup id="cite_ref-stand_10-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-stand-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> But in fact Dole had a long record of warning about the actions and character of Serbia leader <a href="/wiki/Slobodan_Milosevic" class="mw-redirect" title="Slobodan Milosevic">Slobodan Milosevic</a>. Ricardel said of Dole in 1999, "He's been out there for a decade saying we need to get involved. And no one's been paying attention. Or they pay attention for a while and manage the problem, but they don't solve it."<sup id="cite_ref-salon_16-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-salon-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Defense.gov_News_Photo_011130-D-9880W-018.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6a/Defense.gov_News_Photo_011130-D-9880W-018.jpg/220px-Defense.gov_News_Photo_011130-D-9880W-018.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="154" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6a/Defense.gov_News_Photo_011130-D-9880W-018.jpg/330px-Defense.gov_News_Photo_011130-D-9880W-018.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6a/Defense.gov_News_Photo_011130-D-9880W-018.jpg/440px-Defense.gov_News_Photo_011130-D-9880W-018.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2794" data-file-height="1960" /></a><figcaption>Then known as Mira Baratta, in a defense-related meeting in 2001</figcaption></figure> <p>Ricardel served as an advisor on defense and foreign policy on Dole's <a href="/wiki/1996_United_States_presidential_election" title="1996 United States presidential election">1996 presidential campaign</a>, when he won the Republican nomination but lost the general election to <a href="/wiki/Bill_Clinton" title="Bill Clinton">Bill Clinton</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-allgov_2-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-allgov-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-17" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Freedom_House">Freedom House</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Mira_Ricardel&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Freedom House"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Ricardel served as a vice president for programming with the nonprofit organization <a href="/wiki/Freedom_House" title="Freedom House">Freedom House</a> from 1997 to 1998 and as an independent consultant from 1998 to 2000.<sup id="cite_ref-:1_12-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:1-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> During some of this time she lived in <a href="/wiki/New_York_City" title="New York City">New York City</a> and was a close neighbor of <a href="/wiki/Monica_Lewinsky" title="Monica Lewinsky">Monica Lewinsky</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-allgov_2-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-allgov-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="George_W._Bush_administration">George W. Bush administration</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Mira_Ricardel&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: George W. Bush administration"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>From 2001 to 2003, Ricardel was Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense  for <a href="/wiki/Eurasia" title="Eurasia">Eurasia</a> and was responsible for coalition building between the U.S. and governments in the <a href="/wiki/Caucasus" title="Caucasus">Caucasus</a>, <a href="/wiki/Central_Asia" title="Central Asia">Central Asian</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Balkans" title="Balkans">Balkans</a> regions.<sup id="cite_ref-:2_13-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:2-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-:3_18-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:3-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>From 2003 to 2005, Ricardel was the Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for International Security Policy and then acting Assistant Secretary of Defense for International Security Policy. She was the primary adviser to the <a href="/wiki/United_States_Secretary_of_Defense" title="United States Secretary of Defense">U.S. Secretary of Defense</a> regarding <a href="/wiki/Europe" title="Europe">Europe</a>, <a href="/wiki/Eurasia" title="Eurasia">Eurasia</a>, <a href="/wiki/NATO" title="NATO">NATO</a>, <a href="/wiki/Nuclear_forces" class="mw-redirect" title="Nuclear forces">nuclear forces</a>, <a href="/wiki/Missile_defense" title="Missile defense">missile defense</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Arms_control" title="Arms control">arms control</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-:2_13-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:2-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-:3_18-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:3-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p><i><a href="/wiki/The_Washington_Post" title="The Washington Post">The Washington Post</a></i> reported that "She developed a reputation as a Russia hawk and was seen as a tough bureaucratic player with a strong personality". One former colleague later said, "She’s a very tough woman, very smart, does not suffer fools well. And if you happen to be the fool, she will let you know".<sup id="cite_ref-wapo_4-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-wapo-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Private_sector">Private sector</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Mira_Ricardel&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: Private sector"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>After leaving the Defense Department, Ricardel spent one year as Vice President of International Business Development for <a href="/w/index.php?title=Teachscape&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Teachscape (page does not exist)">Teachscape</a>, a company that creates educational training and support.<sup id="cite_ref-:3_18-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:3-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>From 2006 to 2015, Ricardel was employed by the <a href="/wiki/Boeing_Company" class="mw-redirect" title="Boeing Company">Boeing Company</a> as Vice President, Strategic Missile & Defense Systems, as well as Vice President of International Business Development, Network and Space Systems.<sup id="cite_ref-ppo_5-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ppo-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> During her time with Boeing she was a resident of <a href="/wiki/Alexandria,_Virginia" title="Alexandria, Virginia">Alexandria, Virginia</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-19" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In 2015, Ricardel joined <a href="/w/index.php?title=Federal_Budget_IQ&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Federal Budget IQ (page does not exist)">Federal Budget IQ</a> as a consultant.<sup id="cite_ref-20" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-20"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Despite the orientation of its work, that of an involved governmental research firm, she was not considered a registered lobbyist.<sup id="cite_ref-21" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-21"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>21<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Donald_Trump_administration">Donald Trump administration</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Mira_Ricardel&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: Donald Trump administration"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Transition">Transition</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Mira_Ricardel&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: Transition"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Ricardel was part of <a href="/wiki/Donald_Trump" title="Donald Trump">Donald Trump</a>'s <a href="/wiki/First_presidential_transition_of_Donald_Trump" title="First presidential transition of Donald Trump">2016 presidential transition team</a><sup id="cite_ref-22" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-22"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>22<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> as a Department of Defense advisor leading the DOD Transition Team.<sup id="cite_ref-23" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-23"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>23<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Ricardel was looked at for positions in the new administration in the Defense and State Departments, but was twice blocked based upon past bureaucratic run-ins, in the first instance by Secretary of Defense <a href="/wiki/James_Mattis" class="mw-redirect" title="James Mattis">James Mattis</a> and in the second by Department of State Chief of Staff <a href="/wiki/Margaret_Peterlin" title="Margaret Peterlin">Margaret Peterlin</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-wapo_4-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-wapo-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Ricardel had blocked some nominees wanted by Mattis because of potential Democratic ties or having supported <a href="/wiki/Hillary_Clinton" title="Hillary Clinton">Hillary Clinton</a> in the past, instead preferring "Republican loyalists."<sup id="cite_ref-KnifeFight_24-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-KnifeFight-24"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>24<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Under_Secretary_of_Commerce_for_Industry_and_Security">Under Secretary of Commerce for Industry and Security</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Mira_Ricardel&action=edit&section=9" title="Edit section: Under Secretary of Commerce for Industry and Security"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:USA_Partnership_Pavilion_Ribbon_Cutting_at_Singapore_Airshow_2018.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/65/USA_Partnership_Pavilion_Ribbon_Cutting_at_Singapore_Airshow_2018.jpg/220px-USA_Partnership_Pavilion_Ribbon_Cutting_at_Singapore_Airshow_2018.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="132" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/65/USA_Partnership_Pavilion_Ribbon_Cutting_at_Singapore_Airshow_2018.jpg/330px-USA_Partnership_Pavilion_Ribbon_Cutting_at_Singapore_Airshow_2018.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/65/USA_Partnership_Pavilion_Ribbon_Cutting_at_Singapore_Airshow_2018.jpg/440px-USA_Partnership_Pavilion_Ribbon_Cutting_at_Singapore_Airshow_2018.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1140" data-file-height="684" /></a><figcaption>Under Secretary Ricardel <i>(front, right of center)</i> at the USA Partnership Pavilion ribbon cutting at the Singapore Airshow in February 2018</figcaption></figure> <p>On March 30, 2017, President Trump announced his intent to nominate Ricardel for Under Secretary of Commerce for Industry and Security in the <a href="/wiki/United_States_Department_of_Commerce" title="United States Department of Commerce">U.S. Department of Commerce</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-ppo_5-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ppo-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> On April 28, 2017, Ricardel's nomination was received in the <a href="/wiki/United_States_Senate" title="United States Senate">Senate</a> and referred to the <a href="/wiki/United_States_Senate_Committee_on_Banking,_Housing,_and_Urban_Affairs" title="United States Senate Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs">Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-25" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-25"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>25<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The committee approved her nomination and she was <a href="/wiki/Advice_and_consent" title="Advice and consent">confirmed by the entire U.S. Senate</a> on August 3, 2017,<sup id="cite_ref-26" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-26"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>26<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> by voice vote.<sup id="cite_ref-27" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-27"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>27<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Deputy_National_Security_Advisor">Deputy National Security Advisor</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Mira_Ricardel&action=edit&section=10" title="Edit section: Deputy National Security Advisor"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>On April 23, 2018, Ricardel was named as the next Deputy National Security Advisor by the new <a href="/wiki/National_Security_Advisor_(United_States)" title="National Security Advisor (United States)">National Security Advisor</a>, <a href="/wiki/John_R._Bolton" class="mw-redirect" title="John R. Bolton">John R. Bolton</a>. She replaced Major General Rick Waddell and took office in May without requiring Senate confirmation.<sup id="cite_ref-wapo_4-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-wapo-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Ricardel's appointment received bipartisan support, including this statement from <a href="/wiki/Arnold_L._Punaro" title="Arnold L. Punaro">Arnold L. Punaro</a>, former Staff Director of the Senate Armed Services Committee. Punaro praised Ricardel's inclusive approach, keen intellect, and excellent judgement and expressed confidence in her ability to run the Deputies Committee with shrewdness and dexterity.<sup id="cite_ref-28" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-28"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>28<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup class="noprint Inline-Template noprint Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:No_original_research#Primary,_secondary_and_tertiary_sources" title="Wikipedia:No original research"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable secondary sources. (August 2022)">non-primary source needed</span></a></i>]</sup> Commerce Secretary <a href="/wiki/Wilbur_Ross" title="Wilbur Ross">Wilbur Ross</a> also congratulated Mira Ricardel on her new position.<sup id="cite_ref-wapo_4-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-wapo-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>One of Ricardel's first actions was to push for the elimination of the position of White House cybersecurity chief on May 15, 2018.<sup id="cite_ref-push_29-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-push-29"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>29<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-30" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-30"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>30<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> This move was defended by White House officials referring to <a href="/wiki/Alexander_Hamilton" title="Alexander Hamilton">Alexander Hamilton</a> in <a href="/wiki/Federalist_No._70" title="Federalist No. 70">Federalist No. 70</a> but criticized by many in the cybersecurity community.<sup id="cite_ref-31" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-31"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>31<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In July 2018, reported difficulties between Ricardel and NSC staffer Jennifer Arangio led to Arangio's dismissal.<sup id="cite_ref-32" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-32"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>32<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Despite past conflicts, the White House said Ricardel was working effectively with the Defense Department.<sup id="cite_ref-KnifeFight_24-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-KnifeFight-24"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>24<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-33" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-33"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>33<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> However, subsequent reports in September 2018 indicated that conflicts between Ricardel and Defense Secretary Mattis were still present,<sup id="cite_ref-34" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-34"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>34<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-35" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-35"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>35<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> while other reports said that the conflict between the two had been overblown. Ricardel continued to be portrayed in the media as a tough bureaucratic opponent.<sup id="cite_ref-KnifeFight_24-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-KnifeFight-24"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>24<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>On November 13, 2018, a statement made by First Lady <a href="/wiki/Melania_Trump" title="Melania Trump">Melania Trump</a> spokesperson publicly called for Ricardel's firing<sup id="cite_ref-bloomout_36-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-bloomout-36"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>36<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> following a dispute over personnel presence on the plane for the First Lady's visit to Africa.<sup id="cite_ref-bloomout_36-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-bloomout-36"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>36<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-:4_37-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:4-37"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>37<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-hillout_38-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-hillout-38"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>38<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Bolton supported Ricardel but few other officials did.<sup id="cite_ref-hillout_38-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-hillout-38"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>38<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-polout_39-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-polout-39"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>39<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <a href="/wiki/Bloomberg_News" title="Bloomberg News">Bloomberg News</a> reported that Ricardel "had caused friction" and was "widely disliked among other White House staff."<sup id="cite_ref-bloomee_40-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-bloomee-40"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>40<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-bloomout_36-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-bloomout-36"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>36<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The following day, the White House announced Ricardel would leave her position.<sup id="cite_ref-41" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-41"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>41<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-42" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-42"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>42<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-hillout_38-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-hillout-38"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>38<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-43" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-43"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>43<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Subsequent_developments">Subsequent developments</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Mira_Ricardel&action=edit&section=11" title="Edit section: Subsequent developments"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>By mid-November, Ricardel had reportedly been offered nearly a dozen other positions within the Trump administration, including the post of <a href="/wiki/United_States_Ambassador_to_Estonia" class="mw-redirect" title="United States Ambassador to Estonia">United States Ambassador to Estonia</a>, which she refused.<sup id="cite_ref-bloomee_40-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-bloomee-40"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>40<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In January 2019, <i>Fox News</i> reported that she was "under active consideration for a top job at the Pentagon";<sup id="cite_ref-44" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-44"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>44<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> that did not happen. Since November 2019, Ricardel has served as Principal of The Chertoff Group,<sup id="cite_ref-45" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-45"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>45<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> a security consulting firm founded by former Secretary of Homeland Security <a href="/wiki/Michael_Chertoff" title="Michael Chertoff">Michael Chertoff</a> and Chad Sweet.<sup id="cite_ref-Mira_Ricardel_46-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Mira_Ricardel-46"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>46<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Memberships,_awards,_and_honors"><span id="Memberships.2C_awards.2C_and_honors"></span>Memberships, awards, and honors</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Mira_Ricardel&action=edit&section=12" title="Edit section: Memberships, awards, and honors"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In July 2005, Ricardel was awarded the <a href="/wiki/Department_of_Defense_Medal_for_Distinguished_Public_Service" title="Department of Defense Medal for Distinguished Public Service">Department of Defense Medal for Distinguished Public Service</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-ppo_5-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ppo-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Ricardel has been a member of the <a href="/wiki/Council_on_Foreign_Relations" title="Council on Foreign Relations">Council on Foreign Relations</a> since 1999. She was one of the youngest professionals ever inducted and was nominated by former ambassador to the United Nations <a href="/wiki/Jeane_Kirkpatrick" title="Jeane Kirkpatrick">Jeane Kirkpatrick</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-47" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-47"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>47<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup class="noprint Inline-Template noprint Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:No_original_research#Primary,_secondary_and_tertiary_sources" title="Wikipedia:No original research"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable secondary sources. (August 2022)">non-primary source needed</span></a></i>]</sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Personal_life">Personal life</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Mira_Ricardel&action=edit&section=13" title="Edit section: Personal life"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>While at the Fletcher School, she met Robert Baratta, who has been involved in aspects of Virginia politics and the federal government.<sup id="cite_ref-cap_48-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-cap-48"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>48<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup class="noprint Inline-Template noprint Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:No_original_research#Primary,_secondary_and_tertiary_sources" title="Wikipedia:No original research"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable secondary sources. (August 2022)">non-primary source needed</span></a></i>]</sup> They married and she became known as Mira Baratta.<sup id="cite_ref-dpe_6-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-dpe-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>After her marriage to Baratta ended, she married Vincent Ricardel, a photographer.<sup id="cite_ref-allgov_2-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-allgov-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> She became known as Mira Ricardel. From 2017 to 2021, her husband served as Senior Advisor to the Chairman of the <a href="/wiki/National_Endowment_for_the_Humanities" title="National Endowment for the Humanities">National Endowment for the Humanities</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-49" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-49"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>49<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Publications">Publications</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Mira_Ricardel&action=edit&section=14" title="Edit section: Publications"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1238218222">.mw-parser-output cite.citation{font-style:inherit;word-wrap:break-word}.mw-parser-output .citation q{quotes:"\"""\"""'""'"}.mw-parser-output .citation:target{background-color:rgba(0,127,255,0.133)}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-free.id-lock-free a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/65/Lock-green.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-limited.id-lock-limited a,.mw-parser-output .id-lock-registration.id-lock-registration a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/d6/Lock-gray-alt-2.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-subscription.id-lock-subscription a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/aa/Lock-red-alt-2.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/4c/Wikisource-logo.svg")right 0.1em center/12px no-repeat}body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-free a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-limited a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-registration a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-subscription a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background-size:contain;padding:0 1em 0 0}.mw-parser-output .cs1-code{color:inherit;background:inherit;border:none;padding:inherit}.mw-parser-output .cs1-hidden-error{display:none;color:var(--color-error,#d33)}.mw-parser-output .cs1-visible-error{color:var(--color-error,#d33)}.mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{display:none;color:#085;margin-left:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-left{padding-left:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-right{padding-right:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .citation .mw-selflink{font-weight:inherit}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .cs1-format{font-size:95%}html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}@media screen and (prefers-color-scheme:dark){html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}</style><cite id="CITEREFRicardel2022" class="citation web cs1">Ricardel, Mira (June 27, 2022). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.nextgov.com/ideas/2022/06/wrap-chips-act/368645/">"Wrap Up the CHIPS Act"</a>. <i>Nextgov.com</i><span class="reference-accessdate">. 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