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The secretary of state, the secretary of the treasury, the secretary of defense, and the attorney general are generally regarded as the four most important (and are officially the four most senior and oldest) cabinet officials because of the size and importance of their respective departments. [20]
Deputy Under Secretary of Defense for Policy; Assistant Secretary of Defense for Indo-Pacific Security Affairs; Assistant Secretary of Defense for Homeland Defense and Global Security; Assistant Secretary of Defense for Strategy, Plans, and Capabilities; Assistant Secretary of Defense for Space Policy (announced October 30, 2020)
This position was established by Reorganization Plan No. 6 of 1953 and by Defense Directive 5145.1, signed 24 August 1953. The position derived its responsibilities from one of the original three Special Assistants to the Secretary (established in 1947) and the Assistant Secretary of Defense (Legal and Legislative Affairs) (established in 1949 ...
Defense secretary: Pete Hegseth. ... Whitaker, Trump’s former acting attorney general, would fill the role at a crucial time amid Russia’s war in Ukraine. Trump touted Whitaker as a choice who ...
Responsibilities for the secretary of defense are laid out in Title 10 of the U.S. Code. He is “the principal assistant to the President in all matters relating to the Department of Defense ...
One of Donald Trump's first acts as president was the approval of Mattis's waiver to become Secretary of Defense. After being confirmed by the Senate on the evening of January 20, 2017, in a vote of 98–1, Mattis was sworn in by Vice President Pence on the same evening. [136]
Kashyap Pramod Vinod Patel [1] [2] (born February 25, 1980) is an American lawyer and former federal prosecutor at the U.S. Department of Justice.Previously, he served as Chief of Staff to the acting U.S. secretary of defense Christopher C. Miller, and senior advisor to the acting director of national intelligence Richard Grenell, both during the first presidency of Donald Trump.
The secretary is the Defense Department’s chief executive officer. He (until now there has only been a “he”) is also the department’s most senior outward-looking “face.”