The United States Secretary of Defense (SecDef) is Chuck Hagel. He assumed office on February 27, 2013. The military power of SecDef is second from the President.
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The position of Secretary of War refers to the leader of the War Department. This agency and position was disbanded in the US in 1947, after WWII. The most similar agency in the US is now the Department of Defense, headed by Secretary of Defense Robert Gates.
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George Washington had a Secretary of War, Henry Knox, instead of a Secretary of Defense.
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The Under Secretary of Defense ( USD) Comptroller