The United States secretary of defense, secondarily titled the secretary of war, is the head of the United States Department of Defense, the executive department of the U.S. Armed Forces, and is a hig
Donald Rumsfeld is sworn in as Secretary of Defense by Associate Supreme Court Justice Potter Stewart as U.S. President Gerald R. Ford and Chairman of The Joint Chiefs of Staff General George S. Brown watch at The Pentagon on 20 November 1975.
Department of Defense organizational chart (December 2013)
James Forrestal Sec Of Def
The deputy secretary of defense who is secondarily but informally titled the deputy secretary of war, is a statutory office and the second-highest-ranking official in the Department of Defense of the
Portrait of Stephen T. Early
Robert Lovett, photo portrait, 1951
William C Foster
Roger M Kyes Dep Sec Def