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The secretary of defense, appointed by the president with the advice and consent of the Senate, is by federal law (10 U.S.C. § 113) the head of the Department of Defense, "the principal assistant to the President in all matters relating to Department of Defense", and has "authority, direction and control over the Department of Defense".
See United States Secretary of Defense for a description of the office and a chronological list of the secretaries. Wikimedia Commons has media related to Secretaries of Defense of the United States .
Assistant to the Secretary of Defense for Public Affairs. Chris Meagher: September 9, 2022 — John Kirby [4] January 20, 2021 May 27, 2022 Appointed to the National Security Council as coordinator for strategic communications [5] — Department of Defense Press Secretary. Patrick S. Ryder [6] August 4, 2022 — — Chief of Staff to the ...
United States Under Secretaries of Defense for Policy (15 P) Pages in category "United States Under Secretaries of Defense" The following 35 pages are in this category, out of 35 total.
Shanahan withdrew from consideration for Secretary of Defense. [54] Deputy Secretary of Defense: July 19, 2017 January 1, 2019 Became Acting Secretary of Defense. Robert O. Work: May 1, 2014 July 14, 2017 Chief of Staff to the Secretary of Defense Kevin M. Sweeney January 23, 2017 January 5, 2019 [55] Eric Chewning: January 6, 2019 January 31 ...
Under Secretary of Defense for Acquisition and Sustainment: Michael Duffey [97] Awaiting Senate Confirmation Steven J. Morani: January 20, 2025 Assistant Secretary of Defense for Nuclear, Chemical & Biological Defense Programs: Robert Kadlec: Awaiting Senate Confirmation Assistant Secretary of Defense for Energy, Installations, and Environment ...
Secretary of Agriculture: Sonny Perdue: 2017–2021: Secretary of Commerce: Wilbur Ross: 2017–2021: Secretary of Labor: Alexander Acosta: 2017–2019: Eugene Scalia: 2019–2021: Secretary of Health and Human Services: Tom Price: 2017: Alex Azar: 2018–2021: Secretary of Housing and Urban Development: Ben Carson: 2017–2021: Secretary of ...
This is a list of positions filled by presidential appointment with Senate confirmation.Under the Appointments Clause of the United States Constitution and law of the United States, certain federal positions appointed by the president of the United States require confirmation (advice and consent) of the United States Senate.