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Lloyd James Austin III (born August 8, 1953) is a retired United States Army four-star general who has served as the 28th and current United States secretary of defense since January 22, 2021. Before retiring from the military in 2016, Austin served as the 12th commander of United States Central Command (CENTCOM), beginning in March 2013. [ 1]
Website. defense.gov. The United States Secretary of Defense ( SecDef) is the head of the United States Department of Defense, the executive department of the U.S. Armed Forces, and is a high-ranking member of the federal cabinet. [ 5][ 6][ 7] The secretary of defense's position of command and authority over the military is second only to that ...
Below is a list of nominations and appointments to the Department of Defense by Joe Biden, the 46th president of the United States. As of August 1, 2024, according to tracking by The Washington Post and Partnership for Public Service, 51 nominees have been confirmed, 3 nominees are being considered by the Senate, 9 positions do not have ...
What is the secretary of defense’s role in the chain of command? Responsibilities for the secretary of defense are laid out in Title 10 of the U.S. Code. He is “the principal assistant to the ...
WASHINGTON — Amid tensions in the Middle East, Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin was hospitalized, including spending four days in the intensive care unit, according to two senior administration ...
Wormuth's opening statement at a Senate Armed Services Committee hearing on the FY2023 Army budget. Recorded May 5, 2022. Christine Elizabeth Wormuth[ 1] (born April 19, 1969) is an American defense official and career civil servant who serves as the United States Secretary of the Army since 2021. [ 2] She is the first female United States ...
Kathleen Anne Holland Hicks [1] [2] (born September 25, 1970) [1] [3] is an American civil servant who has served as the United States deputy secretary of defense since 2021. She is the first Senate-confirmed woman in this role and is the highest ranking woman to have served in the United States Department of Defense.
Sabrina Singh (born 1988) [ 1] is an American administrator who has served as the Deputy Pentagon Press Secretary in the Department of Defense since April 2022. Singh previously served as Special Assistant to the President and Deputy Press Secretary for Vice President Kamala Harris in the Biden administration from 2021 to 2022. [ 2][ 3]