 | United States. Commission on Government Security - 1957 - 850 pages
...military security program. A portion of this section provides that "the Secretary of Defense shall be the principal assistant to the President in all matters relating to the national security. Under the direction of the President ... he shall perform the following duties:... | |
 | United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Armed Services - 1958 - 1404 pages
...authority granted the Secretary of Defense is supetior to any made to the Joint Chiefs of Staff, since he is "the principal assistant to the President in all matters relating to the Department of Defense," whereas the Joint Chiefs of Staff constitute an element "within the Department of Defense." It mav... | |
 | United States. Congress. Senate. Armed Services - 1958 - 1410 pages
...authority granted the Secretary of Defense is superior to any made to the Joint Chiefs of Staff, since he is "the principal assistant to the President in all matters relating to the Department of Defense," whereas the Joint Chiefs of Staff constitute an element "within the Department of Defense." It may... | |
 | United States. Congress. House. Committee on Armed Services - 1958 - 904 pages
...expressly given the Secretary of Defense even greater power than when it made the Secretary of Defense N N D L6 l l wo l $ ! H Z( E `z/ 0Հ1 `SL5 SL' B ]ɲ M O N9s To repeat, subject to the President and certain express prohibitions against specifically described... | |
 | 1958 - 1166 pages
...202 (b). There are only two sentences. The first sentence reads: The Secretary of Defense shnll he the principal assistant to the President in all matters relating to the Department of Defense. The second sentence says : Under the direction of the President and subject to the provisions of this... | |
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The Secretary of Defense shall be the principal assistant to the President in all matters relating to the Department of Defense. 
