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Encyclopedia: United States Secretary of Defense

This position was created in 1947 when the Navy, Army, and newly created Air Force were merged into the new National Military Establishment. In the same massive reorganization, the Secretary of War was replaced by the Secretary of the Army and, along with the Secretary of the Navy and the new Secretary of the Air Force, became a non-Cabinet position placed under the Secretary of Defense. In 1949, the National Military Establishment was renamed the Department of Defense, which remains the current name of the department.

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How to say "United States Secretary of Defense" in other languages:

	(Chinese)	美国国防部长
	(Japanese)	アメリカ合衆国国防長官
	(German)	Verteidigungsminister der USA
	(Spanish)	Secretario de Defensa de los Estados Unidos
	(French)	Secrétaire à la Défense

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Charles E. Wilson

Charlie") was the head of General Motors and the United States Secretary of Defense from 1953-57 under President Eisenhower. Charles E. Wilson - ("Electric Charlie") was the CEO of General Electric and the head of the Office of Defense Mobilization under President Truman...

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Saint Petersburg Democratic Club

newspaper The Gabber suggesting the killing of United States Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld. The language used in the ad parodied that used by Rumsfeld referring to the 2003 invasion of Iraq. The ad was... Petersburg, Florida, advocating the United States Democratic Party. In April 2004, it attracted national...

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Thomas White

Thomas E. White (b. 1943) was appointed as the 18th Secretary of the United States Army by...-level executive at Enron (1990-2001). As Secretary, White became embroiled in conflict with United States Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld over the Crusader System, openly lobbying Congress against...

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Charles Wilson

Charles E. Wilsons served in the United States government during the beginning of the Cold War: Charles E. Wilson - ("Engine Charlie") was the head of General Motors and the United States Secretary of... of General Electric and the head of the Office of Defense Mobilization under President Truman. The...

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Frank Carlucci

Frank Charles Carlucci III (born October 18 1930) was a government official in the United States associated with the Republican Party who was United States Secretary of Defense from 1987 until 1989.... Weinberger United States Secretary of Defense Succeeded by : Dick Cheney Preceded by : John...

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Bill Clements

offshore drilling company. Clements entered politics as the Deputy United States Secretary of Defense... governor of Texas. Clements was elected as the first Republican governor of the state since... William P. "Bill" Clements (born April 17, 1917) served two nonconsecutive terms as governor of...

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Colin R. McMillan

Secretary of Defense under President George H. W. Bush during the Gulf War. He had been expected to be confirmed as United States Secretary of the Navy in 2003 when he died from an apparently self-inflicted... degree from the University of North Carolina in 1957. He served in the United States Marine Corps from...

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Austin Willis

Upstairs and Downstairs (1959) ... as McGuffey The Mouse That Roared (1959) ... as United States Secretary of Defense Wolf Dog (1958) ... as Clem Krivak The Cage (1956) Cross-Canada Hit Parade (1955... Firefox (1982) ... as Walters The Last Flight of Noah's Ark (1980) ... as Slabotsky C.H.O.M.P.S....

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Hoover Institution

Secretary of Defense George P. Schultz, former United States Secretary of State Thomas Sowell, economist and.... Allen, former United States National Security Advisor Newt Gingrich, former Speaker of the United States House of Representatives Dinesh D'Souza, author Edwin Meese, former United States Attorney...

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The Fog of War

and it won an Academy Award for Best Documentary Feature. It traces the life of Robert Strange McNamara, United States Secretary of Defense from 1961 to 1968. While the Vietnam War is clearly the... The Fog of War: Eleven Lessons from the Life of Robert S. McNamara , is a documentary film...

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