Secretary of Defense is a statutory office, and the general provision in 10 U.S.C.§113 provides that the Secretary of Defense has "authority, direction and control over the Department of Defense", and is further designated by the same statute as "the principal assistant to the President in all matters relating to the Department of Defense." Ensuring civilian control of the military, an individual may not be appointed as Secretary of Defense within seven years after relief from active duty as a commissioned officer of a regular (i.e., non-reserve) component of an armed force.
Britain’s defense secretary said Wednesday that all NATO members should increase their defense spending to 2.5% of their GDP in a "more dangerous world." ... DC," noted the defense secretary.
Durin the call, SecretaryAustin “thanked Minister Dendias for the upgraded basing partnership between Greece and the United States that has enabled crisis planning in light of ongoing tensions ...
Pat Ryder, Pentagon press secretary, would not confirm the package or details, but said the U.S ... And DefenseSecretaryLloyd Austin told House members that conditions on the battlefield were shifting and Russian forces were making incremental gains.
Pat Ryder, Pentagon press secretary, would not confirm the package or details, but said the U.S ... And DefenseSecretaryLloyd Austin told House members that conditions on the battlefield were shifting and Russian forces were making incremental gains.
The service worked closely with the Office of the Secretary of Defense and the strategies are complimentary rather than competing ... I think, at the Secretary of Defense level, they’re focused on those ...
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...NATO’s eastern border.” Earlier this month, Trump also discussed NATO defense spending and the Russia-Ukraine war over dinner with Cameron, the British foreign secretary, at his Mar-a-Lago resort.
worries that Russia’s war on Ukraine is being made possible by Chinese support for Moscow’s defense industry, Secretary of StateAntonyBlinken arrived in China on Wednesday on a three-day mission to push leaders to cut ties with the Kremlin.