That the pragmatic and unassuming Gates was asked to stay on as Defense secretary in the Obama administration after replacing Donald Rumsfeld in December 2006 ...
Insiders say that before Robert Gates agreed to stay on as Defense secretary, he insisted on being given wide latitude to shake up and reform ...
With no experience in the defense industry or government contracting, Carter is a controversial appointee. He comes from the arcane fraternity of physicists-turned-strategists--once the high ...
When Hale was nominated in January, no one questioned his qualifications to be the Pentagon's top financial manager. He had served in a similar post ...
Intelligence officers don't come much more seasoned than Clapper. He capped a 32-year Air Force career in 1995 with a stint as director of the ...
Since helping lead the Obama administration's defense transition team and assuming her current position in January 2009, Flournoy has already played a major role in ...
In defense circles, senior naval officers have a reputation for strategic thinking, independence, and strong command skills. Such attributes accrue in careers spent arranging the ...
Cartwright may be the most powerful officer whom almost no one outside the Pentagon has ever heard of. Yet when Robert Gates endorsed the Obama ...
McCord spent just shy of a quarter-century on Capitol Hill. Twenty-one of those years were on the Senate Armed Services Committee, working on base closures ...
McGinn, who has been the deputy undersecretary of Defense for plans since November 2002, is currently fulfilling the duties of the undersecretary of Defense for ...
Established: 1947
Address: The Pentagon, Washington, DC 20301
Phone: 703-545-6700
2009 Budget: $663.8 billion
Employment: 3.4 million (694,450 civilians, 1,312,700 reserves, 1,402,000 active military)
Web Site: www.defenselink.mil
Functions: The Defense Department coordinates and supervises all agencies and functions of the government related to military affairs. The department trains and maintains armed forces; procures weapons; supports overseas deployments; provides disaster relief; performs humanitarian missions; conducts peacekeeping operations; and supports homeland security.
