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The Department of Defense is composed of the Office of the Secretary of Defense (OSD), the Joint Chiefs of Staff (JCS) and the Joint Staff (JS), Office of the Inspector General (DODIG), the Combatant Commands, the Military Departments (Department of the Army (DA), Department of the Navy (DON) & Department of the Air Force (DAF)), the Defense ...
The heads of departments, appointed by the president and confirmed by the Senate, are members of the Cabinet, and acting department heads also participate in Cabinet meetings whether or not they have been officially nominated for Senate confirmation. Members of the Cabinet are political appointees and administratively operate their departments.
Under Secretary of Defense for Intelligence and Security: Bradley Hansell: Awaiting Senate Confirmation Dustin Gard-Weiss: January 20, 2025 Deputy Under Secretary of Defense for Intelligence and Security: Justin Overbaugh: Awaiting Senate Confirmation Under Secretary of Defense for Research and Engineering: Emil Michael [97] Awaiting Senate ...
The Cabinet of the United States, which is the principal advisory body to the President of the United States, has had numerous permanent members serve as heads of multiple different federal executive departments, along with the Vice President or other cabinet-level positions, which can differ under each president. As the years progressed, some ...
United States Assistant Secretary of the Army for Acquisition, Logistics, and Technology; United States Deputy Secretary of Defense; United States Deputy Under Secretary of Defense; United States Under Secretary of the Air Force; United States Assistant Secretary of Defense; List of Department of Defense appointments by Joe Biden
List of female United States Cabinet members; List of foreign-born United States Cabinet members; List of Hispanic and Latino American United States Cabinet members; List of people who have held multiple United States Cabinet-level positions; List of United States Cabinet members who have served more than eight years
Here’s a look at who has been tapped to serve so far. Cabinet Agriculture secretary: Brooke Rollins. The president and CEO of the American First Policy Institute, a think tank for the former ...
The President of the United States is, according to the Constitution, the Commander-in-Chief of the U.S. Armed Forces and Chief Executive of the Federal Government. The Secretary of Defense is the "Principal Assistant to the President in all matters relating to the Department of Defense", and is vested with statutory authority (10 U.S.C. § 113) to lead the Department and all of its component ...