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The United States Secretary of Defense (SECDEF) is the head of the U.S. Department of Defense (DoD), concerned with the armed services and military matters. This position roughly corresponds to Minister of defense in other countries. The role of the Secretary of Defense is to be the principal defense policy advisor to the President and is responsible for the formulation of general defense policy related to all matters of direct and primary concern to the DoD, and for the execution of approved... full article at wikipedia

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officeholder	governmental body (if position is part of one)	appointed by (if position is appointed)	from	to
Robert McNamara	United States Department of Defense	John F. Kennedy	Jan 21, 1961	Feb 29, 1968
Donald Rumsfeld	United States Department of Defense	Gerald Ford	Nov 20, 1975	Jan 20, 1977
Dick Cheney	United States Department of Defense	George H. W. Bush	Mar 21, 1989	Jan 20, 1993
Donald Rumsfeld	United States Department of Defense	George W. Bush	Jan 20, 2001	Dec 18, 2006
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