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Department of Defense Directive 5100.01 describes the organizational relationships within the department and is the foundational issuance for delineating the major functions of the department. The latest version, signed by former secretary of defense Robert Gates in December 2010, is the first major re-write since 1987. [24] [25]
See United States Secretary of Defense for a description of the office and a chronological list of the secretaries. Wikimedia Commons has media related to Secretaries of Defense of the United States .
Secretary of Defense January 21, 1981 November 23, 1987 Ronald Reagan: Henry A. Wallace [15] Secretary of Agriculture March 4, 1933 September 4, 1940 9 years, 25 days Franklin D. Roosevelt Secretary of Commerce March 2, 1945 September 20, 1946 Franklin D. Roosevelt and Harry S. Truman Lewis Cass: Secretary of War: August 1, 1831: October 4, 1836
He continued to serve as secretary of defense in President Barack Obama's administration [6] and retired in 2011. "He'll be remembered for making us aware of the danger of over-reliance on military intervention as an instrument of American foreign policy," said former senator David L. Boren. [7]
Robert Strange McNamara (/ ˈ m æ k n ə m ær ə /; June 9, 1916 – July 6, 2009) was an American businessman and government official who served as the eighth United States secretary of defense from 1961 to 1968 under presidents John F. Kennedy and Lyndon B. Johnson at the height of the Cold War.
Donald Henry Rumsfeld (July 9, 1932 – June 29, 2021) was an American politician, government official and businessman who served as secretary of defense from 1975 to 1977 under President Gerald Ford, and again from 2001 to 2006 under President George W. Bush.
Here’s a look at who has been tapped to serve so far. Cabinet Agriculture secretary: Brooke Rollins. The president and CEO of the American First Policy Institute, a think tank for the former ...
In 1947, with the passing of the National Security Act of 1947, the secretary of war was replaced by the secretary of the Army and the secretary of the Air Force, which, along with the secretary of the Navy, have since 1949 been non-Cabinet subordinates under the secretary of defense. The secretary of the Army's office is generally considered ...