Photo: Spc. Zachery Perkins, U.S. Army / Public domain (source: Wikimedia Commons)
My Take
Christopher C. Miller interests me precisely because of when he held the chair, not just that he held it. A Plattville, Wisconsin native and a Green Beret colonel, he served as acting Secretary of Defense through the most volatile stretch of a presidential transition, November 2020 to January 2021. That is a posting that tests nerve more than ambition. He reads to me as a behind-the-scenes counterterrorism professional rather than a spotlight-chasing politician, the kind who shoulders responsibility quietly at the worst possible moment. There is a particular gravity to a public servant carrying that weight at such a fraught hinge of history.
Overview
Christopher Charles Miller (born October 15, 1965) is an American Special Forces colonel who served as acting United States secretary of defense from November 9, 2020, to January 20, 2021. He previously served as Director of the National Counterterrorism Center from August 10 to November 9, 2020.
Summary adapted from Wikipedia, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0.
1. Profile
- Name (English)
- Christopher C. Miller
- Name (Japanese)
- クリストファー・C・ミラー
- Reading
- くりすとふぁー・C・みらー
- Born
- October 15, 1965 (age 60)
- Zodiac / Chinese zodiac
- Libra / Snake
- Origin
- Platteville, Wisconsin, United States
- Blood type
- Private
- Height
- Private
- Agency
- Private
- Occupation
- civil servant / politician
2. Background
- Elementary school
- Private
- Junior high
- Private
- High school
- Iowa City High School
- University
- George Washington University
3. Relationships
- Spouse
- Private
- Children
- Private
- Parents
- Private
- Siblings
- Private
4. Personality
Motto
Private
6. Links
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7. About this entry
Tags
- Last updated
- 2026-06-02
Facts are limited to publicly available information up to 2024; non-public items are marked "Private / Unknown". English text is machine-assisted (facts translated by Sonnet, "My Take" written by Opus 4.8). The Japanese page is the source of record.