 | United States. Congress. Senate. Armed Services - 1966 - 82 pages
...order of magnitude therein. Third, Congress in the National Security Act made the Secretary of Defense "the principal assistant to the President in all matters relating to the Department of Defense." These are words of potent authority, for, the President under the Constitution is the Commander in... | |
 | United States. Bureau of Naval Personnel - 1969 - 224 pages
...safeguard the internal security of the United States. Secretary of Defense The Secretary of Defense is the principal assistant to the President in all matters relating to the Department of Defense. He also serves as a member of several important councils. All functions in the Department of Defense... | |
 | United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Foreign Relations - 1972 - 462 pages
...after relief from active duty as a commissioned officer of a regular component of an armed force. [(b) The Secretary is the principal assistant to the President...direction, and control over the Department of Defense. [(c) The Secretary shall report annually in writing to the President and the Congress on the expenditures,... | |
 | United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Foreign Relations - 1972 - 1894 pages
...after relief from active duty as a commissioned officer of a regular component of an armed force. [(b) The Secretary is the principal assistant to the President...direction, and control over the Department of Defense. [ic) The Secretary shall report annually in writing to the President and the Congress on the expenditures,... | |
 | 1960 - 838 pages
...safeguard the internal security of the United States. Secretary of Defense The Secretary of Defense is the principal assistant to the President in all matters relating to the Department of Defense. Under the direction of the President, and subject to the provisions of the National Security Act of... | |
 | 1955 - 794 pages
...Secretary of Defense. Office of the Secretary of Defense Secretary of Defense The Secretary of Defense is the principal assistant to the President in all matters relating to the Department of Defense. Under the direction of the President, and subject to the provisions of the National Security Act of... | |
 | United States. Office of the Federal Register - 1988 - 932 pages
...the Secretary of Defense The Department of Defense is administered by the Secretary of Defense, who is the principal assistant to the President in all matters relating to the Department of Defense. Under the direction of the President, and subject to the provisions of the National Security Act of... | |
 | 1982 - 936 pages
...Subpart B] The Department of Transportation is administered by the Secretary of Transportation, who is the principal assistant to the President in all matters relating to Federal transportation programs. The Secretary is assisted in the administration of the Department... | |
 | 1976 - 548 pages
...relationships with Office of the Secretary of Defense Secretary of Defense The secretary of defense is the principal assistant to the president in all matters relating to DOD and exercises direction, authority, and control over the department. He serves as a member of the... | |
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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. 
