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Shanahan withdrew from consideration for Secretary of Defense. [54] Deputy Secretary of Defense: July 19, 2017 January 1, 2019 Became Acting Secretary of Defense. Robert O. Work: May 1, 2014 July 14, 2017 Chief of Staff to the Secretary of Defense Kevin M. Sweeney January 23, 2017 January 5, 2019 [55] Eric Chewning: January 6, 2019 January 31 ...
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]
Assistant Secretary of Defense (Nuclear, Chemical, and Biological Defense Programs) Brandi Vann: April 8, 2024 — Deborah Rosenblum [39] August 4, 2021 (Confirmed July 29, 2021 by voice vote) [V 18] April 8, 2024 — Assistant Secretary of Defense (Sustainment) Steven J. Morani: October 1, 2024 — Christopher Lowman [52] June 10, 2022
Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld and President Ford share a laugh in a Cabinet meeting, 1975. Rumsfeld with Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff General George S. Brown at a Senate Armed Services Committee hearing on January 15, 1976. During his tenure as Secretary of Defense, Rumsfeld oversaw the transition to an all-volunteer military.
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 .
Robert Michael Gates (born September 25, 1943) is an American intelligence analyst and university president who served as the 22nd United States secretary of defense from 2006 to 2011.
General Counsel of Defense: Earl Matthews: Awaiting Senate Confirmation Chief of Staff to the Secretary of Defense Joe Kasper [46] January 20, 2025 Assistant to the Secretary of Defense for Public Affairs: Sean Parnell: February 3, 2025 Under Secretary of Defense for Acquisition and Sustainment: Michael Duffey [46] Awaiting Senate Confirmation ...
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.