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The Last Salute: Civil and Military Funeral, 1921–1969, Chapter V, Former Secretary of Defense James V. Forrestal, Official Funeral, 22–25 May 1949 by B. C. Mossman and M. W. Stark. United States Army Center of Military History. Admiral M.D. Willcutts Report, 1949 (pdf). Or in searchable html. Diaries of James V. Forrestal, 1944–1949
Department of Defense Directive 5100.01 describes the organizational relationships within the department and is the foundational issuance for delineating the major functions of the department. The latest version, signed by former secretary of defense Robert Gates in December 2010, is the first major re-write since 1987. [24] [25]
Robert Strange McNamara (/ ˈ m æ k n ə m ær ə /; June 9, 1916 – July 6, 2009) was an American businessman and government official who served as the eighth United States secretary of defense from 1961 to 1968 under presidents John F. Kennedy and Lyndon B. Johnson at the height of the Cold War.
Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld and President Ford share a laugh in a Cabinet meeting, 1975. Rumsfeld with Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff General George S. Brown at a Senate Armed Services Committee hearing on January 15, 1976. During his tenure as Secretary of Defense, Rumsfeld oversaw the transition to an all-volunteer military.
The Unknown Known (also known as The Unknown Known: The Life and Times of Donald Rumsfeld) is a 2013 American documentary film about the political career of former U.S. Secretary of Defense and congressman Donald Rumsfeld, directed by Academy Award winning documentarian and filmmaker Errol Morris.
On January 22, 2009, Secretary of Defense Robert Gates told reporters he would hand off his duties to Gordon R. England during his January 23 surgery. [3] On January 23, 2009, while Gates underwent two hours of surgery to repair a torn tendon in his left biceps, Gordon England was in charge of the Pentagon.
George Pratt Shultz (/ ʃ ʊ l t s / SHUULTS; December 13, 1920 – February 6, 2021) was an American economist, businessman, diplomat and statesman.He served in various positions under two different Republican presidents and is one of the only two persons to have held four different Cabinet-level posts, the other being Elliot Richardson. [1]
Cheney's successors as Secretary of Defense, Les Aspin and William J. Perry, had to contend with both the Bosnian and Somali issues. Iraqi invasion of Kuwait On August 1, 1990, Iraqi President Saddam Hussein sent the invading Iraqi forces into neighboring Kuwait , a small petroleum-rich state long claimed by Iraq as part of its territory.