William Perry replaced Les Aspin as Secretary of Defense in 1994
Yes. William Perry replaced Les Aspin as Secretary of Defense in 1994 .
The Secretary of War is now the Secretary of Defense.
William Perry replaced Les Aspin in 1994.
James V. Forrestal became the first Secretary of Defense in 1947. He served for two years and then committed suicide.
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.
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.
The Secretary of Defense is Robert Gates.
Civilian. The Secretary of Defense is not Commissioned or Enlisted.
Defense Secretary Voltaire Gazmin.
Raychelle Omamo is the Secretary of Defense for Kenya.
Yes, DoD falls under the Secretary of Defense. DoD stands for Department of Defense. The Secretary of Defense is in charge of that department.
The Secretary of Defense is Chuck Hagel who took the office in 2013. Prior to Hagel the Secretary of Defense was Leon Panetta.