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Committee on Armed Services
(Committee on Armed Services)
Department of Defense.
The National Security Act of 1947 is the law that unified the armed forces by creating the Department of Defense. The Department of Defense is a Cabinet post that assists the President of the United States in protecting the country.
The Department of Defense?
The Armed Forces is an element of the Department of Defense. The Department of Defense is a department of the Executive Branch of government. The President of the United States is the head of the Executive Branch, and Commander in Chief of the United States Armed Forces.
The National Security Council is responsible for national security and foreign policy. The Secretary of Defense is second only to the president and exercises command and control over the United States' military.
The armed forces of the U.S. are in the Defense Department, which is part of the executive branch of the federal (national) government.
The House Armed Service Committee is a committee of the US House of Representatives that funds the Department of Defense and the US armed forces.
Formerly the US War Department; now called the US Department of Defense.
The United States Department of Defense, the agency of the Federal Government which controls the Armed Forces.
To contact with any branch of the United States Armed Forces, you can contact the Department of Defense in Washington, D.C.