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United States Secretary of Defense
The United States Secretary of Defense is the head of the United States Department of Defense (DoD), concerned with the armed services and military matters. The role of the Secretary of Defense is to be the principal defense policy advisor to the President and is responsible for the formulation of general defense policy and policy related to all matters of direct and primary concern to the DoD, and for the execution of approved policy The Secretary is appointed by the President] with the approval of the [[United States Senate|Senate, and is a member of the Cabinet.
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