SecDef

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abbreviation cabinet-level position government position

SecDef is the commonly used abbreviation for the United States Secretary of Defense, the head of the Department of Defense and principal defense policy advisor to the U.S. President.

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Label	Occurrences
SecDef canonical	2

Statements (47)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	abbreviation ⓘ cabinet-level position ⓘ government position ⓘ
abbreviationOf	United States Secretary of Defense ⓘ surface form: Secretary of Defense
advises	United States Congress on defense matters ⓘ
appointedBy	President of the United States ⓘ
country	United States of America ⓘ
currentDepartment	Department of Defense ⓘ surface form: United States Department of Defense
firstHolder	James V. Forrestal ⓘ
formationDate	September 18, 1947 ⓘ
hasAuthorityOver	defense budget ⓘ military operations policy ⓘ
hasJurisdiction	United States government ⓘ surface form: federal government of the United States
headOf	Department of Defense ⓘ surface form: United States Department of Defense
isCivilianOffice	true ⓘ
isPrincipalAdvisorOn	defense policy ⓘ military policy ⓘ
isPrincipalAdvisorTo	President of the United States ⓘ
legalBasis	National Security Act of 1947 ⓘ
memberOf	Cabinet of the United States ⓘ surface form: United States Cabinet National Security Council of the United States ⓘ surface form: United States National Security Council
oversees	Joint Chiefs of Staff ⓘ Office of the Secretary of Defense ⓘ United States Air Force ⓘ United States Armed Forces ⓘ United States Army ⓘ United States Marine Corps ⓘ United States Navy ⓘ United States Space Force ⓘ
partOf	executive branch of the United States government ⓘ
precededByOffice	Secretary of War ⓘ surface form: United States Secretary of War Secretary of the Navy ⓘ surface form: United States Secretary of the Navy
prohibitsActiveDutyHolder	except by congressional waiver ⓘ
rankInSuccession	sixth in United States presidential line of succession ⓘ
reportsTo	President of the United States ⓘ National Security Council of the United States ⓘ surface form: United States National Security Council
requiresConfirmationBy	United States Senate ⓘ
residence	Washington, D.C. ⓘ
seat	Pentagon ⓘ surface form: The Pentagon
shortForm	SecDef self-link ⓘ
standsFor	United States Secretary of Defense ⓘ
style	The Honorable ⓘ
symbolAssociated	Seal of the United States Department of Defense ⓘ
typeOf	federal executive department head ⓘ
usedInContext	U.S. defense policy ⓘ U.S. military leadership ⓘ U.S. national security ⓘ

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

United States Secretary of Defense → hasAbbreviation → SecDef ⓘ

SecDef → shortForm → SecDef self-link ⓘ