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Q: Which president established the department of defense?
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When was the department of defense established?

1789


The Department of Defense was established in?

1947


Who was in the Defense Department under President Kennedy?

Robert McNamara was in the defense department under President Kennedy.


What are the Secretary of defense responsibilities?

* to advise the President in the carrying out of defense policy * to run the Defense Department * to advise the President in the formation of defense policy


Who ran the Defense Department under President Kennedy?

Robert McNamara ran the defense department under President Kennedy.


In what year was the Department of Defense originally established?

1789


Is the President in charge of the entire department of defense?

Yes. The Secretary of Defense.


Where was first computer established?

In the US Defense Department laboratory.


Who becomes president and the vice president shall die?

If the vice president dies, the president stays president. He appoints a new vice president with the "advice and consent" of congress.If both the vice president and president die before a new vice president can be chosen, the presidency passes to the Speaker of the House. After that, it goes to the President pro temporeof the Senate, and then to the members of the Executive Cabinet in the order their departments were established (except for the Secretary of Defense, whose department was established relatively late, in 1947, by a merger of the former departments of War and the Navy. The Department of Defense falls into the line of succession in the same position formerly occupied by the Department of War.)


Originally called the war deparment this deparment was established in 1789?

Department of Defense


The department of defense is headed by?

The president


In what branch is the US Department of Defense?

The US Department of Defense is part of the Executive branch, answerable directly to the President of the United States.