Talk:United States Secretary of Defense

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Contents 1 Vacancy 2 Page protection 3 Authority 4 question 5 List of Secretaries

[edit] Vacancy

Is it correct (as it would seem from the dates listed) that since the initiation of the office of Secretary of Defense there have been at least five gaps during which NO ONE was Secretary, one lasting for a full two months? --Dante Alighieri | Talk 00:07, Mar 30, 2004 (UTC)

AFAIK it is entirely possible for a cabinet seat to be vacant for a period of time, since the position has to be appointed and the appointment has to be approved by the Senate. -- Sekicho 21:49, Mar 31, 2004 (UTC)

[edit] Page protection

I am beginning to think this page should be protected- theman50554

Over one instance of vandalism in more than a month? Most pages should be so lucky.

— DLJessup (talk) 14:38, 29 November 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Authority

What exactly is the role of the SECDEF; what authority does he have - there are some things that can only be ordered by the President. - Matthew238 07:02, 3 June 2006 (UTC)

I believe I have clarified this with some information from the DoD website.--Windows ME 02:25, 14 November 2006 (UTC)

[edit] question

According to the first paragraph, "Congress had passed a law to allow George Marshall to be appointed in 1950 despite having only been a civilian since 1945". Does anyone know what this means exactly? Was it a specific law relating to Marshall alone? Aviad2001 18:56, 15 October 2006 (UTC)

Take your time... Gridge 19:12, 9 November 2006 (UTC).

[edit] List of Secretaries

Does Gates really belong on this list? There is a good chance he won't be confirmed with the Democrats in charge. He should be kept of until he is confirmed. Jayorz12 09:42, 1 December 2006 (UTC)