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The longest-serving secretary of defense is Robert McNamara, who served for a total of 7 years, 39 days. Combining his two non-sequential services as the secretary of defense, the second-longest serving is Donald Rumsfeld, who served just ten days fewer than McNamara.
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 .
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 ...
By 2019, the 27th secretary of defense had begun a line-by-line review of the defense budget; in 2020 the secretary identified items amounting to $5.7 billion, out of a $106 billion subtotal (the so-called "fourth estate" agencies such as missile defense, and defense intelligence, amounting to 16% of the defense budget), [37] [38] He will re ...
In the case of Mattis, there was an additional step needed as he had retired from the military three years ago, since statute section 903(a) of the NDAA demands a minimum of seven years as a civilian for Pentagon appointees, therefore Mattis needed a waiver to be allowed to become Secretary of Defense. [130]
Defense Secretary nominee Pete Hegseth arrives before President-elect Donald Trump at a service at St. John's Church, Monday, Jan. 20, 2025, in Washington, ahead of the 60th Presidential Inauguration.
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.
Secretary of Defense. Lloyd Austin: January 22, 2021 [2] (Confirmed January 22, 2021, 93–2) [RC 1] — — Deputy Secretary of Defense. Kathleen Hicks: February 9, 2021 [3] (Confirmed February 8, 2021 by voice vote) [V 1] — — Assistant to the Secretary of Defense for Public Affairs. Chris Meagher: September 9, 2022 — John Kirby [4 ...