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	Office of the Secretary of Defense Identification Badge - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The Office of the Secretary of Defense Identification Badge is a U.S. military badge of the Department of Defense issued to members of the U.S. military who are permanently assigned as military aides to the Secretary of Defense in the Department of Defense.
		Personnel who are awarded the Secretary of Defense Identification Badge include military aides to the Secretary of Defense, senior flag and general officers assigned to The Pentagon, as well as the service chiefs and the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff.
		The Office of the Secretary of Defense Identification Badge was first created in 1949 and was referred to as the "National Military Establishment Identification Badge." In 1950, the badge was renamed as "Department of Defense Identification Badge" and adopted its current name on December 20, 1962.
	www.wikipedia.org /wiki/Office_of_the_Secretary_of_Defense_Identification_Badge (252 words)

	Defense Intelligence Agency - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The director of the DIA is the main adviser to the Secretary of Defense and the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff on matters related to military intelligence.
		Acting on the recommendations of the Joint Study Group, Secretary of Defense Robert S. McNamara advised the Joint Chiefs of Staff (JCS) of his decision to establish the Defense Intelligence Agency in February 1961.
		It was a union of Defense intelligence and counterintelligence activities, and did not add administrative layering within the Defense intelligence community.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Defense_Intelligence_Agency (835 words)

	Donald Rumsfeld - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		During this period he oversaw the transition to an all volunteer military and was instrumental in increasing the power of the military within the administration and at the expense of the CIA and Henry Kissinger.
		This view was in direct contrast to CIA and generally accepted reports on the declining state of the Soviet economy, and the earlier success of Richard Nixon in establishing Detente (referring to a thawing of the Cold War) with the Soviet Union.
		Until being sworn in as the 21st Secretary of Defense, Rumsfeld served as Chairman of Gilead Sciences, Inc. He was also chair of the RAND Corporation.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Donald_Rumsfeld (3090 words)

	DefenseLINK - Official Web Site of the U.S. Department of Defense
		The Secretary of Defense is the principal defense policy adviser to the President and is responsible for the formulation of general defense policy and policy related to all matters of direct concern to the Department of Defense, and for the execution of approved policy.
		The Secretary of Defense is a member of the President's Cabinet and of the National Security Council.
		The Deputy Secretary of Defense is delegated full power and authority to act for the Secretary of Defense and exercise the powers of the Secretary on any and all matters for which the Secretary is authorized to act pursuant to law.
	www.defenselink.mil /osd/topleaders.html (406 words)

	Biography - DONALD H. RUMSFELD (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		Donald H. Rumsfeld was sworn in as the 21st Secretary of Defense on January 20, 2001.
		Secretary Rumsfeld had directed the actions of the Defense Department in response to the terrorist attacks on September 11, 2001.
		Secretary Rumsfeld proposed and the President approved a significant reorganization of the worldwide defense command structure, known as the Unified Command Plan, which resulted in the establishment of the U.S. Northern Command and the U.S. Strategic Command, the latter charged with the responsibilities formerly held by the Strategic and Space Commands which were disestablished.
	www.pentagon.mil /bios/rumsfeld_bio.html (985 words)

	NRO Commission Report: Preparing The NRO For The Future
		A Deputy NRO Director was to be appointed by the DCI, with the concurrence of the Secretary.
		In previous years, for example, the Secretary of Defense and DCI held weekly meetings that allowed intelligence-related issues to be raised and resolved quickly without having to percolate through the many layers of bureaucracy that have come to separate the two officials from the NRO Director.
		The Secretary of Defense and Director of Central Intelligence should undertake an educational effort to ensure that Intelligence Community members and customers are properly trained in the requirements process, the cost of NRO support, and in their responsibilities in requesting NRO support.
	www.globalsecurity.org /intell/library/reports/2000/nrocommission/prepare.htm (9710 words)

	Deputy Under Secretary of Defense for Program Integration (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		Fites was appointed Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for Requirements and Resources on December 26, 1993 and Deputy Under Secretary of Defense for Requirements and Resources on July 7, 1994, redesignated as the Deputy Under Secretary of Defense for Program Integration on 10 January 1997.
		She is responsible for the research and analytic program for the Under Secretary of Defense (Personnel and Readiness), as well as his participation in the Program, Planning and Budgeting system and corporate information management activities.
		She is also responsible for presentation of the Defense Manpower Program to the Congress; determination of total force manpower requirements; and for providing Defense support to special events such as the Olympics and the Pan American Games.
	www.dod.gov /prhome/pifites.html (282 words)

	News (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		Donald Rumsfeld, as Secretary of Defense, urged and oversaw the preemptive invasion and occupation of Iraq under the false premise that the United States was in imminent danger of attack from weapons of mass destruction and that Saddam Hussein was involved with al Qaeda in the September 11, 2001 attack against the United States.
		Article II Donald Rumsfeld, as Secretary of Defense, directed the expenditure of funds in contradiction to appropriations as enacted by using funds appropriated for the action in Afghanistan to plan and develop plans for the invasion of Iraq.
		Donald Rumsfeld, as Secretary of Defense, abdicated his role as the head of the United States military by allowing the breakdown of discipline in the administration of military prison facilities in Iraq, and by ignoring warnings by the International Committee of the Red Cross.
	www.cuttingedge.org /news_updates/nz1656.htm (1046 words)

	[No title] (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		"Assistant to the Secretary of Defense (Special Operations) is the principal staff assistant to the Secretary of Defense in the functional fields of intelligence, counterintelligence (except as otherwise specifically assigned), communications security, Central Intelligence Agency relationship and special operations, and psychological warfare operations.
		In the course of exercising full staff functions, he is authorized to issue instructions appropriate to carrying out policies approved by the Secretary of Defense for his assigned fields of responsibility.
		He also exercises the authority vested in the Secretary of Defense relating to the direction and control of the National Security Agency and related activities of the Department of Defense.
	www.ratical.org /ratville/JFK/ST/STappendix1.txt (191 words)

	Chapter 15: The Role of the Secretary of Defense 1949-1951
		Secretary Johnson had become the central character in the budgetary conflicts of Truman's second term, and both he and General George C. Marshall, who succeeded him as secretary on 20 September 1950, were suddenly thrust into leadership of the Korean War.
		For the most part those racial issues that did involve the Secretary of Defense centered on the status of the Negro in the armed forces in general and were extraneous to the issue of integration.
		Secretary of the Navy Francis P Matthews reminded Johnson that fl servicemen already numbered among the thousands of Navy man assigned to four of the six areas mentioned, and if the system continued these men would periodically and routinely be replaced with other fl sailors.
	www.army.mil /cmh-pg/books/integration/IAF-15.htm (7567 words)

	Defense Policy Board Advisory Committee - SourceWatch
		The Defense Policy Board will serve the public interest by providing the Secretary of Defense, Deputy Secretary and Under Secretary for Policy with independent, informed advice and opinion concerning major matters of defense policy.
		It will focus upon long-term, enduring issues central to strategic planning for the Department of Defense and will be responsible for research and analysis of topics, long or short range, addressed to it by the Secretary of Defense, Deputy Secretary and Under Secretary for Policy.
		Individual Defense Policy Board members will be selected by the Under Secretary of Defense for Policy with the approval of the Secretary of Defense.
	www.disinfopedia.org /wiki.phtml?title=Defense_Policy_Board (599 words)

	United States Secretary of Defense (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		The United States Secretary of Defense is the head of the United States Department of Defense, concerned with the armed services and military matters.
		The Secretary is appointed by the President with the approval of the Senate, and is a member of the Cabinet.
		In the same massive reorganization, the Secretary of War was replaced by the Secretary of the Army and, along with the Secretary of the Navy and the new Secretary of the Air Force, became a non-Cabinet position placed under the Secretary of Defense.
	www.worldhistory.com /wiki/U/United-States-Secretary-of-Defense.htm (335 words)

	Nuclear Posture Review [Excerpts]
		The addition of defenses (along with the prospects for timely adjustments to force capabilities and enhanced C2 and intelligence systems) means that the U.S. will no longer be as heavily dependent on offensive strike forces to enforce deterrence as it was during the Cold War.
		Defenses that provided protection for strike capabilities of the New Triad and for other power projection forces would improve the ability of the United States and its allies and friends to counterattack an enemy.
		Missile defense is most effective if it is layered; that is, able to intercept ballistic missiles of any range in all phases of their flight.
	www.globalsecurity.org /wmd/library/policy/dod/npr.htm (9582 words)

	ABC News: Profile: Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld
		Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld is possibly the most controversial figure in the Bush administration.
		When he was confirmed in 2001, Rumsfeld became both the youngest and the oldest person to serve as secretary of defense.
		And before he was nominated as defense secretary, Rumsfeld was said to be at the top of Bush's list to become CIA director.
	abcnews.go.com /Politics/Inauguration/story?id=122155&page=1&... (457 words)

	Secretary of Defense Visits USS O’Bannon (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		Secretary Rumsfeld visited the ship to speak to the crew and present various awards including Sailor and Ship Handler of the Year awards.
		Secretary Rumsfeld is in Nice to attend a conference with NATO Ministers of Defense.
		During the secretary's speech, he reminded the crew of their part in an amazing time in history.
	www.news.navy.mil /search/display.asp?story_id=17072 (655 words)

	Commentary: Rummy on the skids - (United Press International) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		More precisely, the most controversial secretary of defense in U.S. history since Robert McNamara, and according to his critics the most incompetent too, is now a political zombie: He has become one of the walking dead.
		Now it has even been revealed that the supposedly compassionate defense secretary never even bothered to sign his own name at the end of letters of condolences sent to the families of the fallen.
		But many others criticize the secretary of defense for not standing blindly behind their hero, Iraqi National Congress leader Ahmed Chalabi who has made a comeback in Iraqi politics by winning a place among the top 10 on the united Shiite list for next month's Iraqi elections.
	www.washtimes.com /upi-breaking/20041221-041731-5399r.htm (1116 words)

	Under Secretary of Defense for Personnel and Readiness Dr David S.C. Chu (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		David S. Chu was sworn in as the Under Secretary of Defense for Personnel and Readiness on June 1, 2001.
		A Presidential appointee confirmed by the Senate, he is the Secretary's senior policy advisor on recruitment, career development, pay and benefits for 1.4 million active duty military personnel, 1.3 million Guard and Reserve personnel and 680,000 DoD civilians and is responsible for overseeing the state of military readiness.
		In that capacity, he advised the Secretary of Defense on the future size and structure of the armed forces, their equipment, and their preparation for crisis or conflict.
	www.pentagon.gov /prhome/chu.html (390 words)

	Staying or Going? Some Possibilities if Bush Wins (washingtonpost.com)
		Many are speculating that Defense Secretary Donald H. Rumsfeld would depart if Bush defeated John F. Kerry, although perhaps after he remained a while longer in hopes of seeing improved conditions in Iraq.
		According to Republicans, the most logical successors to Rice would be Deputy Secretary of Defense Paul D. Wolfowitz, an architect of the Iraq war who might be chosen if Bush were feeling vindicated; I. Lewis Libby, chief of staff for Vice President Cheney; and Rice's current deputy, Steven J. Hadley.
		Secretary of State Colin L. Powell, who has repeatedly been cut out of major decision making, surprised some Washington speculators this summer by suggesting he might stay on.
	www.washingtonpost.com /wp-dyn/articles/A52687-2004Oct21.html (790 words)

	frontline: the war behind closed doors: excerpts from 1992 draft 'defense planning guidance' \| PBS
		Paul Wolfowitz, then-under secretary of defense for policy, supervised the drafting of a 1992 policy statement on America's mission in the post-Cold War era.
		Called the "Defense Planning Guidance," it is an internal set of military guidelines that typically is prepared every few years by the Defense Department.
		This is a dominant consideration underlying the new regional defense strategy and requires that we endeavor to prevent any hostile power from dominating a region whose resources would, under consolidated control, be sufficient to generate global power.
	www.pbs.org /wgbh/pages/frontline/shows/iraq/etc/wolf.html (614 words)

	AcqWeb - Welcome
		The Honorable Kenneth J. Krieg is the new Under Secretary of Defense for Acquisition, Technology and Logistics.
		The Defense Acquisition Performance Assessment (DAPA) Project will provide the Secretary of Defense and the 2006 Quadrennial Defense Review recommendations on how the Department of Defense can improve the performance of the Defense acquisition system for major programs.
		DAMIR is intended to identify the various data sources that the Acquisition community uses to manage acquisition programs and to provide a unified manner through which to present the information.
	www.acq.osd.mil (401 words)

	Individual Department of Defense Decorations (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		It is awarded by the Secretary of Defense to officers of the Armed Forces of the United States whose exceptional performance of duty and contributions to national security or defense have been at the highest levels.
		It is awarded in the name of the Secretary of Defense to members of the Armed Forces of the United States who, after 3 November 1977, distinguished themselves by noncombat meritorious achievement or service.
		The Joint Service Commendation Medal (JSCM) was authorized by the Secretary of Defense on 25 June 1963 and implemented by DOD 1348.33-M. It is awarded in the name of the Secretary of Defense to members of the Armed Forces of the United States who, after 1 January 1963, distinguished themselves by meritorious achievement or service.
	www.americal.org /awards/dod.htm (279 words)

	OpinionJournal - Extra
		I have high hopes for the special investigative group composed of former defense secretaries James Schlesinger and Harold Brown, congresswoman Tillie Fowler, and general Charles Horner, which seems to have been given appropriately broad and independent authority, and the capacity to hire its own staff.
		Unless there is clear evidence connecting him to the wrongdoing, it is neither sensible nor fair to force the resignation of the secretary of defense, who clearly retains the confidence of the commander in chief, in the midst of a war.
		Secretary Rumsfeld's removal would delight foreign and domestic opponents of America's presence in Iraq.
	www.opinionjournal.com /extra?id=110005079 (835 words)

	LookSmart - Directory - Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld - Learn about the political career of the new Secretary of Defense, Donald Rumsfeld.
		Find biographies and statements of the Secretary of Defense, Deputy Secretary, Under Secretaries, and the Chairman and Vice Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff.
		Encyclopedia article focuses on the career of the Secretary of Defense in the George W. Bush administration in politics, business, and government.
	search.looksmart.com /p/browse/us1/us317828/us317851/us4225550/us1141249/us1141409/us1141463 (267 words)

	The Defense Secretary We Have (washingtonpost.com)
		President Bush has nonetheless decided to stick for now with the defense secretary we have, perhaps because he doesn't want to make a change until after the Jan. 30 Iraqi elections.
		But surely Don Rumsfeld is not the defense secretary Bush should want to have for the remainder of his second term.
		All defense secretaries in wartime have, needless to say, made misjudgments.
	www.washingtonpost.com /wp-dyn/articles/A132-2004Dec14.html (809 words)

	BBC NEWS \| Americas \| Rum remark wins Rumsfeld an award
		US Defence Secretary Donald Rumsfeld has won a "Foot in Mouth" award for one of his now legendary bizarre remarks.
		But despite Mr Rumsfeld's rather outlandish mode of speaking, fans of the tough-talking US defence secretary argue he is misunderstood.
		There are dozens of websites dedicated to the "poetry" of Mr Rumsfeld and there is even a book, entitled Pieces of Intelligence, dedicated to interpreting his statements as a form of existential writing.
	news.bbc.co.uk /2/hi/americas/3254852.stm (368 words)

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