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  2. United States Secretary of Defense - Wikipedia

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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]

  3. Donald Rumsfeld - Wikipedia

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    At the age of 43, Rumsfeld became the youngest person to serve as United States Secretary of Defense as of 2024. [55] Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld and President Ford share a laugh in a Cabinet meeting, 1975. Rumsfeld with Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff General George S. Brown at a Senate Armed Services Committee hearing on ...

  4. William Cohen - Wikipedia

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    William Sebastian Cohen (born August 28, 1940) is an American lawyer, author, and politician from the U.S. state of Maine.A Republican, Cohen served as both a member of the United States House of Representatives (1973–1979) and Senate (1979–1997), and as Secretary of Defense (1997–2001) under Democratic President Bill Clinton.

  5. Robert Gates - Wikipedia

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    Robert Michael Gates (born September 25, 1943) is an American intelligence analyst and university president who served as the 22nd United States secretary of defense from 2006 to 2011. He was appointed by President George W. Bush and was retained by President Barack Obama.

  6. Leon Panetta - Wikipedia

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    Panetta being sworn in as secretary of defense. On April 28, 2011, President Obama announced the nomination of Panetta as United States secretary of defense as a replacement for retiring Secretary Robert Gates. On June 21, 2011, the Senate confirmed Panetta in an unusual 100–0 vote. [48] He was inaugurated on July 1, 2011.

  7. Former Defense Secretary James Mattis accepts WSU’s ... - AOL

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    Mattis was called back into service as Secretary of Defense under former President Donald Trump. He later resigned and broke from Trump in the lead-up to the 2020 election.

  8. James Forrestal - Wikipedia

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    The Last Salute: Civil and Military Funeral, 1921–1969, Chapter V, Former Secretary of Defense James V. Forrestal, Official Funeral, 22–25 May 1949 by B. C. Mossman and M. W. Stark. United States Army Center of Military History. Admiral M.D. Willcutts Report, 1949 (pdf). Or in searchable html. Diaries of James V. Forrestal, 1944–1949

  9. Chuck Hagel - Wikipedia

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    Hagel meeting with Secretary of Defense Leon Panetta, Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Martin Dempsey, and former Virginia Senator John Warner Hagel with Egyptian president Mohamed Morsi and General al-Sisi in Cairo, April 24, 2013 Hagel with Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu in Jerusalem, May 16, 2014 Secretary of Defense Chuck ...