Bill Lynn | |
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 Official portrait, 2009 | |
| 30th United States Deputy Secretary of Defense | |
| In office February 12, 2009 – October 5, 2011 | |
| President | Barack Obama |
| Secretary | Robert Gates Leon Panetta |
| Preceded by | Gordon R. England |
| Succeeded by | Ash Carter |
| Comptroller of the Department of Defense | |
| In office November 19, 1997 – January 20, 2001 | |
| President | Bill Clinton |
| Preceded by | John Hamre |
| Succeeded by | Dov S. Zakheim |
| Personal details | |
| Born | January 1, 1954 Key West, Florida, U.S. |
| Political party | Democratic |
| Spouse | Mary Murphy |
| Education | Dartmouth College (BA) Cornell University (JD) Princeton University (MPA) |
William James Lynn III[1] (born January 1, 1954)[1][2] is a former United States Deputy Secretary of Defense. Before that he was Under Secretary of Defense (Comptroller) and a lobbyist for Raytheon.