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Who became Secretary of Defense after the National Security Act of 1947 was signed?
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James V. Forrestal became the first Secretary of Defense in 1947. He served for two years and then committed suicide.
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Who became secretary of defense in 1994?
William Perry replaced Les Aspin as Secretary of Defense in 1994
Which office from the first cabinet most likely became the position known today as the secretary of defense?
The Secretary of War is now the Secretary of Defense.
Who is the US secretary of war?
The position of Secretary of War refers to the leader of the War Department. This agency and position was disbanded in the US in 1947, after WWII. The most similar agency in the US is now the Department of Defense, headed by Secretary of Defense Robert Gates.
Former defense secretary before he became president?
No U.S. Defense Secretary has been a U.S. President to date, but one, Dick Cheney, has been a U.S. Vice President. Two U.S. Presidents had been U.S. Secretary of War. The War Department became part of the Defense Department in 1947. The two were James Monroe and William Howard Taft.
What intelligence-gathering organization was created by the National Security Act?
The U.S. Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) was created by the National Security Act.The creation of the U.S. Central Intelligence AGENCY was authorized by the National Security Act of 1947 (NSA), which also authorized creation of the the new position 'Secretary of Defense' (instead of the former 'War'), the new National Security Council (NCS), and a central intelligence agency - all signed into law by President Harry S. Truman on 26Jul1947.The CIA agency structure was born in the former "Central Intelligence Group" (CIG) before the National Security Act became law. According to the CIA Center for the Study of Intelligence, officially, the CIG became the Central Intelligence Agency on September 18, 1947.
Secretary of defense job description?
In most countries the Secretary of War (or Minister for War or Defense Minister; there are several titles for the same job) is a civilian, elected official who takes responsibility for the country's military services and to some extent for Foreign Policy insofar as this has military implications.
Who became president if the president and the vice president died?
The Speaker of the House. The "Order of Succession" in the US Govt is as follows: President Vice President Speaker of the House President pro tempore of the Senate Secretary of State Secretary of the Treasury Secretary of Defense. Attorney General Secretary of the Interior Secretary of Agriculture Secretary of Commerce Secretary of Labor Secretary of Health and Human Services Secretary of Housing and Urban Development Secretary of Transportation Secretary of Energy Secretary of Education Secretary of Veterans Affairs Secretary of Homeland Security Following the last position above would be the top military commander/s.
After serving as a general in the us army a national security advisor and chairman of the joint chiefs this man became the first us African American secretary of state?
Colin Powell Coln Powell did indeed acheive those milestones.
Who was FDR's defense secretary?
Herbert Hoover did not have a Secretary of Defense. The Secretary of Defense was a position created under the National Defense Act of 1947. From the first days of the Republic up to that time there were two cabinet secretaries who had the duties later combined into the Secretary of Defense's portfolio. There was a Secretary of the Navy who was responsible for the Navy and the Navy's US Marine Corps, and a Secretary of War, who handled the Army, and after airplanes were invented and became militarized, the Air Force. The air force was part of the US Army as the US Army Air Force, until an independent US Air Force was created as a third branch by the same legislation in 1947 which combined the two previous cabinet positions into one new one.Hoover's Secretary of Was was James W. Good in 1929, and then Patrick J. Hurley from 1929-33, after Good died suddenly in the autumn of 1929.Hoover's Secretary of the Navy was Charles Francis Adams, great grandson of John Quincy Adams and great, great grandson of John Adams.
In 2001 who became the first woman to serve as US National Security Advisor?
Condolezza Rice.
Who started Secretaries day?
Secretary's Day became a celebration in 1952. Secretary's Day was started mainly by Harry F. Klemfuss because he wanted more women to become secretaries. By creating National Secretaries Week and National Secretary's Day, he encouraged women to join the work force as secretaries.
General Colin Powell became the first black to serve in what top US government position?
a)chairman of joint cheifs of staff b)U.S. president c)secretary of defense
