Robert T. Hastings, Jr. is an American Public Relations professional who has served as an executive in several aerospace & defense corporations and as a political appointee in the Administration of President George W. Bush where he was the senior public affairs official and principle spokesman for the U.S. Department of Defense in 2008-2009. Hastings was appointed Principle Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for Public Affairs in March 2008 and subsequently nominated by President Bush to be the Assistant Secretary of Defense for Public Affairs.