United States Deputy Secretary of Defense

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United States federal government position defense ministry deputy position

The United States Deputy Secretary of Defense is the second-highest-ranking official in the U.S. Department of Defense, responsible for overseeing its day-to-day operations and acting as the principal deputy to the Secretary of Defense.

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All labels observed (5)

Label Occurrences
Deputy Secretary of Defense 19
United States Deputy Secretary of Defense canonical 11
Deputy Secretary of Defense of the United States 2

Statements (45)

Predicate Object
instanceOf United States federal government position ⓘ
defense ministry deputy position ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Deputy Secretary of Defense ⓘ
appointedBy President of the United States ⓘ
canBeRemovedBy President of the United States ⓘ
constitutingInstrument Title 10 of the United States Code ⓘ
country United States of America ⓘ
department Department of Defense ⓘ
surface form: United States Department of Defense
formationDate 1949 ⓘ
hierarchicalRank second-highest-ranking official in the United States Department of Defense ⓘ
inauguralHolder Stephen T. Early ⓘ
inauguralHolderStartDate May 2, 1949 ⓘ
jurisdiction United States government ⓘ
surface form: federal government of the United States
legalBasis 10 U.S.C. § 132 ⓘ
location Arlington, Virginia ⓘ
memberOf Office of the Secretary of Defense ⓘ
United States Department of Defense senior leadership ⓘ
nominator President of the United States ⓘ
officeHoldersMustNot have served as a commissioned officer of a regular component of an armed force within the previous seven years (with possible waivers by Congress) ⓘ
officeType civilian political appointee ⓘ
partOf Department of Defense ⓘ
surface form: United States Department of Defense
precededBy United States Deputy Secretary of Defense self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: United States Under Secretary of Defense (original position prior to 1949 reorganization)
rankRelativeTo above the Under Secretaries of Defense ⓘ
below the United States Secretary of Defense ⓘ
reportsTo United States Secretary of Defense ⓘ
requires advice and consent of the United States Senate ⓘ
responsibility acting as principal deputy to the United States Secretary of Defense ⓘ
acting for the Secretary of Defense in the Secretary’s absence ⓘ
chairing or co-chairing major internal Department of Defense governance boards ⓘ
coordinating policy and resources among the military departments and defense agencies ⓘ
coordinating the development and execution of the defense budget ⓘ
ensuring integration of military and civilian components of the Department of Defense ⓘ
leading major Department of Defense reform and modernization efforts ⓘ
overseeing day-to-day operations of the United States Department of Defense ⓘ
overseeing defense acquisition and procurement policy at the departmental level ⓘ
overseeing implementation of national defense strategy as directed by the Secretary of Defense ⓘ
overseeing internal management controls and enterprise-wide business operations of the Department of Defense ⓘ
overseeing management, reform, and efficiency initiatives within the Department of Defense ⓘ
providing civilian oversight of the Office of the Secretary of Defense staff ⓘ
supervising the performance of the Under Secretaries of Defense ⓘ
supporting the Secretary of Defense in relations with the White House, Congress, and other departments and agencies ⓘ
seat Pentagon ⓘ
surface form: The Pentagon
style The Honorable ⓘ
termLength no fixed term ⓘ
website https://www.defense.gov ⓘ

Referenced by (34)

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

David Packard → positionHeld → United States Deputy Secretary of Defense ⓘ
Packard → positionHeld → United States Deputy Secretary of Defense ⓘ
subject surface form: David Packard
United States Deputy Secretary of Defense → precededBy → United States Deputy Secretary of Defense self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: United States Under Secretary of Defense (original position prior to 1949 reorganization)
Thomas S. Gates Jr. → positionHeld → United States Deputy Secretary of Defense ⓘ
Defense Acquisition Board (through representation) → reportsTo → United States Deputy Secretary of Defense ⓘ
subject surface form: Defense Acquisition Board
this entity surface form: Deputy Secretary of Defense
Stephen T. Early → positionHeld → United States Deputy Secretary of Defense ⓘ
Assistant Secretary of Defense for International Security Affairs → advises → United States Deputy Secretary of Defense ⓘ
this entity surface form: Deputy Secretary of Defense
OSD(A&S) → reportsTo → United States Deputy Secretary of Defense ⓘ
this entity surface form: Deputy Secretary of Defense
DDR&E → reportsTo → United States Deputy Secretary of Defense ⓘ
Office of the Director, Cost Assessment and Program Evaluation → reportsTo → United States Deputy Secretary of Defense ⓘ
this entity surface form: Deputy Secretary of Defense
Office of the Under Secretary of Defense for Personnel and Readiness → advises → United States Deputy Secretary of Defense ⓘ
this entity surface form: Deputy Secretary of Defense
Office of the Under Secretary of Defense for Policy → advises → United States Deputy Secretary of Defense ⓘ
this entity surface form: Deputy Secretary of Defense
Office of the General Counsel of the Department of Defense → reportsTo → United States Deputy Secretary of Defense ⓘ
this entity surface form: Deputy Secretary of Defense
Office of the Under Secretary of Defense (Comptroller) → reportsTo → United States Deputy Secretary of Defense ⓘ
this entity surface form: Deputy Secretary of Defense
Office of the Deputy Secretary of Defense → headOfGovernmentBody → United States Deputy Secretary of Defense ⓘ
this entity surface form: Deputy Secretary of Defense
Office of the Deputy Secretary of Defense → hasParentPosition → United States Deputy Secretary of Defense ⓘ
this entity surface form: Deputy Secretary of Defense
Office of the Assistant Secretaries of Defense → subordinateTo → United States Deputy Secretary of Defense ⓘ
this entity surface form: Deputy Secretary of Defense
Office of the Assistant Secretaries of Defense → reportsTo → United States Deputy Secretary of Defense ⓘ
this entity surface form: Deputy Secretary of Defense
Office of the Chief Information Officer of the Department of Defense → reportsTo → United States Deputy Secretary of Defense ⓘ
this entity surface form: Deputy Secretary of Defense
Hewlett-Packard founders (William R. Hewlett and David Packard) → positionHeld → United States Deputy Secretary of Defense ⓘ
subject surface form: David Packard
William J. Perry → positionHeld → United States Deputy Secretary of Defense ⓘ
Paul Wolfowitz → positionHeld → United States Deputy Secretary of Defense ⓘ
this entity surface form: U.S. Deputy Secretary of Defense
Roswell Gilpatric → positionHeld → United States Deputy Secretary of Defense ⓘ
United States Department of Defense positions → hasPart → United States Deputy Secretary of Defense ⓘ
subject surface form: United States Department of Defense position
Comptroller of the Department of Defense → reportsTo → United States Deputy Secretary of Defense ⓘ
this entity surface form: Deputy Secretary of Defense
Assistant Secretary of Defense for Public Affairs → reportsTo → United States Deputy Secretary of Defense ⓘ
this entity surface form: Deputy Secretary of Defense
William C. Foster as United States Deputy Secretary of Defense → positionHeld → United States Deputy Secretary of Defense ⓘ
subject surface form: William C. Foster
International Security Affairs directorates within OSD → supports → United States Deputy Secretary of Defense ⓘ
this entity surface form: Deputy Secretary of Defense
William Perry → positionHeld → United States Deputy Secretary of Defense ⓘ
this entity surface form: Deputy Secretary of Defense
USD(A&S) → reportsTo → United States Deputy Secretary of Defense ⓘ
this entity surface form: Deputy Secretary of Defense
Assistant Secretary of Defense for Acquisition → subordinateTo → United States Deputy Secretary of Defense ⓘ
this entity surface form: Deputy Secretary of Defense
Robert B. Anderson → positionHeld → United States Deputy Secretary of Defense ⓘ
this entity surface form: Deputy Secretary of Defense of the United States
W. Graham Claytor Jr. → positionHeld → United States Deputy Secretary of Defense ⓘ
this entity surface form: Deputy Secretary of Defense of the United States
Ashton Carter → positionHeld → United States Deputy Secretary of Defense ⓘ