The Secretary of War is now the Secretary of Defense.
Robert T. Lincoln (son of Abraham) was Secretary of War; William H. Hunt was Secreary of the Navy. (There was no secretary of defense at that time. )
Robert S. McNamara served as Secretary of Defense from 1961 to 1968, serving both Kennedy and Johnson.
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Robert Gates is United States Secretary of Defense and Hillary Rodham Clinton is United States Secretary of State .
The secretary of defense goes under the executive branch. The president is the one that elects officers of the executive branch.
The Secretary of Defense is Robert Gates.
Civilian. The Secretary of Defense is not Commissioned or Enlisted.
Raychelle Omamo is the Secretary of Defense for Kenya.
Defense Secretary Voltaire Gazmin.
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.
Secretary of Defense is the title on the US cabinet officer who runs the US armed forces. "Defense Secretary" may be a short form of Secretary of Defense or maybe refer to a similar position in some country other than the US.
Office of the Secretary of Defense was created in 1947.
The Secretary of Defense. Hope that this helped.
George Washington had a Secretary of War, Henry Knox, instead of a Secretary of Defense.
No.