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The United States secretary of defense (acronym: SecDef) is the head of the United States Department of Defense (DoD), the executive department of the U.S. Armed Forces, and is a high-ranking member of the federal cabinet.
Secretary of Defense. Lloyd Austin: January 22, 2021 [2] (Confirmed January 22, 2021, 93–2) [RC 1] — — Deputy Secretary of Defense. Kathleen Hicks: February 9, 2021 [3] (Confirmed February 8, 2021 by voice vote) [V 1] — — Assistant to the Secretary of Defense for Public Affairs. Chris Meagher: September 9, 2022 — John Kirby [4 ...
PHOTO: Vice President JD Vance applauds after casting the deciding vote in the confirmation of Pete Hegseth and Secretary of Defense in the Senate chamber on Capitol Hill in Washington, Jan. 24, 2025.
Republicans React To Pete Hegseth's Confirmation As Defense Secretary: 'He Is The Change Agent' Vance, the first vice president to have served as a Marine, was a combat correspondent from 2003 to ...
Former President Joe Biden's defense secretary, Lloyd Austin, was confirmed by a 93-2 vote in 2021, and Jim Mattis, Trump's first defense secretary in his last administration, was confirmed 98-1 ...
The President of the United States is, according to the Constitution, the Commander-in-Chief of the U.S. Armed Forces and Chief Executive of the Federal Government. The Secretary of Defense is the "Principal Assistant to the President in all matters relating to the Department of Defense", and is vested with statutory authority (10 U.S.C. § 113) to lead the Department and all of its component ...
Part of Austin's primary agenda as secretary of defense was the DoD's plan to confront the COVID-19 pandemic within the department. Austin's first step was to urge service members to get vaccinated, especially after the revelation that almost one-third of active-duty service members had turned down the opportunity to get administered the ...
As Defense secretary, Hegseth has promised he will root out social justice initiatives and partisan politics in the military, focusing instead on merit-based recruiting, effective deterrence, and ...