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Noun	1.	Secretary of Defense - the person who holds the secretaryship of the Defense Department; "the first Defense Secretary was James V. Forrestal who was appointed by Truman" Defense Secretary secretary - a person who is head of an administrative department of government
	2.	Secretary of Defense - the position of the head of the Department of Defense; "the position of Defense Secretary was created in 1947" Defense Secretary secretaryship - the position of secretary United States Cabinet, US Cabinet - a board to advise the President; members are the secretaries of executive departments; the United States constitution does not provide for the cabinet

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Patrick Shanahan officially took over the Pentagon on Tuesday as acting U.S. secretary of defense,Xinhuareports.

Patrick Shanahan takes over Pentagon as acting chief

U.S. Secretary of Defense Jim Mattis WASHINGTON, July 27 (KUNA) -- U.S.

Mattis says reopening communications with others essential in solving disagreements

Former U.S. Secretary of Defense, Ash Carter will meet senior Taiwan officials and give a keynote address at the Ketagalan Forum: 2018 Asia Pacific Security Dialogue during a two-day visit on July 23-24, announced Taiwan's Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MOFA) today.

Former US Secretary of Defense to meet senior Taiwan officials, give keynote address

President of Uzbekistan Shavkat Mirziyoyev will visit the Pentagon and will hold talks with U.S. Secretary of Defense.

President Mirziyoyev to visit Pentagon, to hold talks World Bank President

Washington -- U.S. Secretary of Defense Jim Mattis would be arriving in Pakistan on Monday as part of his five-day trip to the Middle East, the Pentagon said in a statement.

US Defence Secretary to visit Pakistan on December 4

Download Jordan King receives U.S. secretary of Defense

Jordan King receives U.S. secretary of Defense

Washington, Shawwal 16, 1437, July 21, 2016, SPA -- Deputy Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman bin Abdulaziz, the Second Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Defense, on Wednesday at Andrews Air Force Base near Washington DC, met separately with U.S. Secretary of Defense Ashton Carter and French Defense Minister Jean-Yves Odrian, on the sidelines of the second meeting of the International Coalition to Fight Daash.

Deputy Crown Prince meets with U.S. and French defense ministers

U.S. Secretary of Defense Ashton Carter, announced on Wednesday, that a U.S.

U.S.-led coalition to meet on Daesh next week

Washington / NINA / U.S. Secretary of Defense, Chuck Hagel said that the Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant poses a threat to the United States and all its allies in the Middle East and Europe."

ISIS poses a threat to the United States and all its allies in the Middle East and Europe

"must all invest more strategically" to address growing global threats to all of NATO, U.S. Secretary of Defense Chuck Hagel said in a recent speech at the Munich Security Conference.

European partners and the U.S. "must all invest more strategically"

Ambassador to the United Nations Samantha Power, U.S. Secretary of Defense Chuck Hagel (how far we've come!), and former Secretary of Defense Leon Panetta, also managed to book these guys.

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