The United States Deputy Secretary of Defense is the second-highest ranking official in the United States Department of Defense. According to the U.S. Defense department website, the Deputy Secretary has the authority to The United States Department of Defense, abbreviated as DoD or DOD and sometimes called the Defense Department, is a civilian Cabinet organization of the United States government. ...
"[A]ct for the Secretary of Defense and exercise the powers of the Secretary on any and all matters for which the Secretary is authorized to act pursuant to law."
The current Deputy Secretary of Defense as of March 2005 is Paul Wolfowitz. Recently, Mr. Wolfowitz has been nominated to lead the World Bank. Gordon R. England has been named as his successor. The United States Secretary of Defense is the head of the United States Department of Defense, concerned with the armed services and The Secretary is appointed by the President with the approval of the Senate, and is a member of the Cabinet. ... Paul Wolfowitz Paul Dundes Wolfowitz (born December 22, 1943), is an Jewish-American academic and American political figure. ... Secretary Gordon R. England Gordon Richard England is an American businessman who (as of 2004) serves as the United States Secretary of the Navy. ...
The flag of the DeputySecretary of Defense was approved by the President on April 20, 1949, for the use of the Under Secretary of Defense, who was then the second ranking official of the department.
Deputy Under Secretaries of Defense were created relatively recently by law to provide senior officials to back up the critical positions of Under Secretary for Acquisition, Technology and Logistics and Under Secretary for Policy.
The flag for assistant secretaries of defense (also used by the General Counsel of the department) is the same as that of the DeputySecretary, but with red stars rather than blue.
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