He was an assistant deputy undersecretary of defense in the Reagan adminstration.
From 1950 to 1953, he served as Deputy Undersecretary of State.
He was appointed the deputy undersecretary in 1998.
In 1991, he became the first career civil servant to be appointed deputy undersecretary of the Commerce Department.
He said he expected to start his new assignment as special assistant to the deputy undersecretary of the Air Force for international affairs.
Brinkley accepted an appointment as Deputy Undersecretary of Defense in 2004.
Sue Payton, a deputy undersecretary of defense who screened the film for me, put it this way: "The less killing we do, the better."
It will be headed by Peter F. Verga, a deputy undersecretary of defense for policy.
He served as deputy undersecretary for manpower with the Air Force during the Johnson Administration.
"This is a landmark decision," said R. Noel Longuemare, a deputy undersecretary of defense.