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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. [25] [26]
President Trump appointed Esper Acting Defense Secretary and nominated him for Defense Secretary. By law, Esper could not serve as Acting Secretary during the confirmation process, so Spencer was Acting Defense Secretary for a brief period. Secretary of the Navy: August 3, 2017 November 24, 2019
President Trump nominated Former Defense Undersecretary and VA Acting Secretary Robert Wilkie on May 18, 2018, to replace Shulkin. On July 23, 2018, Wilkie was confirmed by the Senate in a vote of 86–9. He served until the end of the Trump administration, on January 20, 2021.
Gates was nominated by Republican president George W. Bush as secretary of defense in 2006, replacing Donald Rumsfeld. [3] He was confirmed with bipartisan support. [4] In 2007, Time named Gates one of the year's most influential people. [4] In 2008, Gates was named one of America's Best Leaders by U.S. News & World Report. [5]
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.
What to know about former Secretary of Defense Leon Panetta Who he is? Leon Panetta served as the Secretary of Defense under former President Barack Obama from 2011 to 2013.
Elliot Richardson held the most different positions within the presidential cabinet with four, having served as Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare; [a] Secretary of Defense; and Attorney General, all three under President Richard Nixon, as well as Secretary of Commerce for Nixon's successor, Gerald Ford. [1]
Donald Henry Rumsfeld (July 9, 1932 – June 29, 2021) was an American politician, government official and businessman who served as secretary of defense from 1975 to 1977 under President Gerald Ford, and again from 2001 to 2006 under President George W. Bush.