Secretary of Defense

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Secretary of Defense

The position of Secretary of Defense is the head of the Department of Defense and a cabinet-level appointee who leads the nation’s military policy and forces, appointed by the President and confirmed by the Senate. In this lineup, the person serving in that role is Lloyd J. Austin III, a retired four-star Army General who previously commanded U.S. Central Command and has been serving as Secretary since 2021. He was selected by President Joe Biden and confirmed to lead the department in that year. The other names are not the Defense Secretary: one is the President, another is the Secretary of the Air Force, and one is a former Defense Secretary from a prior administration.

The position of Secretary of Defense is the head of the Department of Defense and a cabinet-level appointee who leads the nation’s military policy and forces, appointed by the President and confirmed by the Senate. In this lineup, the person serving in that role is Lloyd J. Austin III, a retired four-star Army General who previously commanded U.S. Central Command and has been serving as Secretary since 2021. He was selected by President Joe Biden and confirmed to lead the department in that year. The other names are not the Defense Secretary: one is the President, another is the Secretary of the Air Force, and one is a former Defense Secretary from a prior administration.

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