A system of `` gold '' -- actually yellow -- phones connects him with the offices and action stations of the Secretary of Defense, the Joint Chiefs of Staff, the SAC commander and other key men.

-- Defense Secretary Robert S. McNamara has asked Congress for authority and funds to build fallout shelters costing about 200 million dollars.

Research and development activities undertaken by the Secretary shall be coordinated or conducted jointly with the Department of Defense to the end that developments under this Act which are primarily of a civil nature will contribute to the defense of the Nation and that developments which are primarily of a military nature will, to the greatest practicable extent compatible with military and security requirements, be available to advance the purposes of this Act and to strengthen the civil economy of the Nation.

I have requested the Secretary of Defense to reexamine the roles and missions of the reserve components in relation to those of the active forces and in the light of the changing requirements of modern warfare.

Accordingly, if it is not repealed by the Congress at its present session, I shall have no alternative thereafter but to direct the Secretary of Defense to disregard the section unless a court of competent jurisdiction determines otherwise.

Secretary of Defense Robert McNamara, former President of the Ford Motor Company, comes from a generation different from that of Eisenhower's own first Secretary of Defense, Charles Wilson, who had been head of General Motors.

* 1940 – William Cohen, American politician and author, 20th United States Secretary of Defense

On September 12, 2002, Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld and General Richard Myers, Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, dedicated the Victims of Terrorist Attack on the Pentagon Memorial at Arlington National Cemetery.

* 1969 – Vietnam War: United States Secretary of Defense Melvin Laird announces that the United States will start to " Vietnamize " the war effort.

* – both of Young's books were commissioned by the U. S. Department of Defense, Office of the Deputy Under Secretary of Defense ( Installations and Environment )

United States Secretary of Defense | Secretary of Defense William S. Cohen | Cohen presents President Clinton the DoD Medal for Distinguished Public Service.

He was presented with the Medal for Distinguished Public Service by Secretary of Defense William S. Cohen in 2001.

Secretary of Defense Robert McNamara was briefed at midnight.

President Kennedy and Secretary of Defense McNamara in an EXCOMM meeting.

The Joint Chiefs of Staff believed that the missiles would seriously alter the military balance, but Secretary of Defense Robert McNamara disagreed.

When asked if the WikiLeaks of 2010 would damage American relations with other countries, Secretary of Defense Robert Gates noted that " governments deal with the United States because it's in their interest, not because they like us, not because they trust us, and not because they believe we can keep secrets.

The CMC reports directly to the United States Secretary of the Navy and is responsible for ensuring the organization, policy, plans, and programs for the Marine Corps as well as advising the President, the Secretary of Defense, the National Security Council, the Homeland Security Council, and the Secretary of the Navy on matters involving the Marine Corps.

" At the time, Secretary of Defense Caspar Weinberger and Israeli Minister of Defense Ariel Sharon signed a memorandum of understanding in 1981 " establishing a framework for continued consultation and cooperation to enhance " national security.

* August 18 – Caspar Weinberger, United States Secretary of Defense ( d. 2006 )

Yitzhak Shamir with U. S. Secretary of Defense Caspar Weinberger, 1982

Within the Reagan administration, the doctrine was quickly embraced by nearly all of Reagan's top national security and foreign policy officials, including Defense Secretary Caspar Weinberger, U. N.

It is based in large part on the Weinberger Doctrine, devised by Caspar Weinberger, former Secretary of Defense and Powell's former boss.

Ruud Lubbers with then United States Secretary of Defense Caspar Weinberger in 1983.

The late former U. S. Secretary of Defense Caspar Weinberger was general counsel for Bechtel in the late 1970s.

* The late Caspar Weinberger served as the United States Secretary of Defense under Ronald Reagan.

Kirkpatrick was more closely allied with Secretary of Defense Caspar Weinberger and head of the CIA, William J. Casey.

Secretary of Defense Caspar Weinberger, his assistant for International Security Matters Francis West, Deputy Defense Secretary Frank Carlucci, Deputy Director of the CIA Bobby Inman, and Director of the Defense Intelligence Agency James Williams met with Savimbi between November 1981 and January 1982.

A bugler sounds " Taps " during the funeral of former U. S. Secretary of Defense Caspar Weinberger | Caspar W. Weinberger in Arlington National Cemetery.

Doe with then Secretary of Defense of the United States Caspar W. Weinberger outside the The Pentagon | Pentagon in 1982

Secretary of Defense Caspar Weinberger promoted Feith in 1984 to Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for Negotiations Policy and, when Feith left the Pentagon in 1986, Weinberger gave him the highest Defense Department civilian award, the Distinguished Public Service medal.

After Walker's arrest, President Ronald Reagan's Secretary of Defense, Caspar Weinberger, concluded that the Soviet Union made significant gains in naval warfare attributable to Walker's spying.

* Caspar Weinberger, United States Secretary of Defense under President Ronald Reagan

The design was approved by Secretary of Defense Caspar Weinberger on 20 January 1987.

Governor Castle ( left ) with Governor Dick Thornburgh of Pennsylvania ( center ) and Secretary of Defense Caspar Weinberger, July 1982.

The confidence between the two principals was momentarily strained by Reagan's belated support in the Falklands War, but this was more than countered by the Anglophile US Defense Secretary, Caspar Weinberger, who provided communications intercepts and approved shipments of the latest weapons to the massing British task force.

" He oversaw emergency response efforts to the partial meltdown at the nuclear power plant and also had a major role in coordinating funding for cleanup efforts. Governor Thornburgh ( center ) with Secretary of Defense Caspar Weinberger ( right ) and Delaware Lt.

* In Four Dark Judges, the Dark Judges attacked Ronald Reagan block ( named after the 1980s US president ) and massacred its " elderly and infirm " citizens, before proceeding to Caspar Weinberger block ( named after Reagan's long-serving Secretary of Defense ) and overwhelming its City-Def squad.

File: Caspar Weinberger 2006-04-04 funeral N-0696M-380. jpg | The casket of Caspar Weinberger, 15th United States Secretary of Defense, in a ceremonial funeral procession enroute to its final resting place in Arlington National Cemetery on April 4, 2006.

Handwritten notes taken by Defense Secretary Casper Weinberger on December 7, 1985 indicate that Reagan was aware of potential hostages transfers with Iran, as well as the sale of Hawk and TOW missiles to " moderates elements " within that country.

As Secretary of Defense, Weinberger oversaw a massive rebuilding of US military strength.

Following his resignation as Secretary of Defense, legal proceedings against Weinberger were brought by Independent Counsel Lawrence E. Walsh.

Weinberger had been Secretary of Defense for six years and ten months, longer than any man except for Robert McNamara and Donald Rumsfeld.

During his time in the Pentagon in the Reagan administration, Feith helped to convince the Joint Chiefs of Staff, Weinberger and Secretary of State George Shultz all to recommend against ratification of changes to the Geneva Conventions.