Assistant Secretaries of Defense

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United States federal government position civilian office in the U.S. Department of Defense

Assistant Secretaries of Defense are senior civilian officials in the U.S. Department of Defense who oversee specific policy, program, or functional areas under the authority of the Secretary and Deputy Secretary of Defense.

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Observed surface forms (1)

Surface form	Occurrences
United States Assistant Secretaries of Defense	1

Statements (44)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	United States federal government position ⓘ civilian office in the U.S. Department of Defense ⓘ
advises	Deputy Secretary of Defense on assigned functional area ⓘ Secretary of Defense on assigned functional area ⓘ
appointedBy	President of the United States ⓘ
appointmentRequires	advice and consent of the United States Senate ⓘ
category	United States Department of Defense officials ⓘ United States defense policymakers NERFINISHED ⓘ
collaboratesWith	Joint Staff NERFINISHED ⓘ combatant commands ⓘ military departments ⓘ other federal agencies ⓘ
country	United States of America ⓘ
employer	United States Department of Defense NERFINISHED ⓘ
governmentBranch	executive branch of the United States government ⓘ
hasRankEquivalentTo	senior executive level civilian official ⓘ
jurisdiction	United States government ⓘ surface form: federal government of the United States
legalBasis	Title 10 of the United States Code ⓘ
legalStatus	Presidentially appointed, Senate-confirmed position ⓘ
locatedIn	The Pentagon NERFINISHED ⓘ
maySupervise	Deputy Assistant Secretaries of Defense ⓘ
oversees	implementation of defense policies in assigned area ⓘ policy development in assigned portfolio ⓘ
participatesIn	development of the National Defense Strategy ⓘ interagency policy processes ⓘ
partOf	Department of Defense ⓘ surface form: United States Department of Defense
positionType	political appointee ⓘ senior civilian official ⓘ
reportsTo	Under Secretaries of Defense NERFINISHED ⓘ
responsibleFor	issuing policy guidance within their area ⓘ overseeing execution of approved programs in their area ⓘ oversight of specific functional areas ⓘ oversight of specific policy areas ⓘ oversight of specific program areas ⓘ representing the Department of Defense in their functional area in interagency and international forums ⓘ
roleIn	civilian control of the military ⓘ
scopeOfAuthority	department-wide within assigned portfolio ⓘ
sector	defense ⓘ
subjectTo	U.S. ethics and conflict-of-interest laws for senior officials ⓘ
subordinateTo	Deputy Secretary of Defense NERFINISHED ⓘ Secretary of Defense NERFINISHED ⓘ
worksOn	defense management functions ⓘ defense policy ⓘ defense programs ⓘ

Referenced by (2)

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

Assistant Secretary of Defense for Public Affairs → category → Assistant Secretaries of Defense ⓘ

this entity surface form: United States Assistant Secretaries of Defense

Office of the Assistant Secretaries of Defense → composedOf → Assistant Secretaries of Defense ⓘ