Secretary of Defense


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Secretary of Defense

The head of the U.S. Department of Defense, which is charged with supervising the military and conducting war. The secretary oversees military training and education and advises the president on military policy. He or she is appointed by the president of the United States and confirmed by the Senate.
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US Secretary of Defense James Mattis on Friday began his crucial five-day tour of the Middle East and Pakistan.
US defence chief Mattis to land in Pakistan today
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Stripping Rumsfeld and Bush of impunity
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He was about to take that on when he left office in '93," says Lawrence Korb, a former assistant secretary of defense, now a defense analyst at the Brookings Institution.
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He offered that the Secretary of Defense has been using security cooperation as one of a larger set of tools to fight the war on terrorism.
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The agreement was signed last week by Under Secretary of Defense for Acquisition, Technology and Logistics Edward C.
TURKEY JOINS JSF PROJECT NATION WILL AID DEVELOPMENT
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