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  2. United States Secretary of Defense - Wikipedia

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    To address this and other problems, the National Security Act was amended in 1949 to further consolidate the national defense structure in order to reduce interservice rivalry, directly subordinate the secretaries of the Army, the Navy and the Air Force to the secretary of defense in the chain of command, and rename the National Military ...

  3. Lloyd Austin - Wikipedia

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    Lloyd James Austin III (born August 8, 1953) is a retired United States Army general who served as the 28th United States secretary of defense from 2021 to 2025 in the administration of President Joe Biden.

  4. Kathleen Hicks - Wikipedia

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    In 2012, Hicks was the principal deputy under secretary of defense for policy during the Obama administration. [10] In that role, she was a liaison for the 2010 Quadrennial Defense Review and oversaw the 2012 Defense Strategic Guidance. [11] Hicks was a presidentially appointed commissioner for the National Commission on the Future of the Army. [6]

  5. Robert G. Salesses - Wikipedia

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    Robert G. Salesses is Deputy Director of Washington Headquarters Services in the U.S. Department of Defense, who served as Acting Secretary of Defense in the Trump Administration from January 20, 2025 to January 25, 2025. [1] He was formerly a U.S. Marine Corps officer and has served in multiple positions in the Department of Defense.

  6. Hegseth arrives for 1st day at Pentagon stressing Defense's ...

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    Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth arrived for his first day at the Pentagon on Monday with a message regarding the Department of Defense's (DOD's) mission. Greeted by Chairman of the Joint Chiefs ...

  7. New Defense secretary Pete Hegseth shows changes ... - AOL

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    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 ...

  8. Office of the Secretary of Defense - Wikipedia

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    The Office of the Secretary of Defense (OSD) is a headquarters-level staff of the United States Department of Defense.It is the principal civilian staff element of the U.S. Secretary of Defense, and it assists the Secretary in carrying out authority, direction and control of the Department of Defense in the exercise of policy development, planning, resource management, fiscal, and program ...

  9. Ernst says she'll vote to confirm Hegseth as defense secretary

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    Sen. Joni Ernst, R-Iowa, said Tuesday she is supporting Pete Hegseth’s nomination to serve as secretary of defense after President-elect Donald Trump's nominee faced a Senate Armed Services ...