(the) Department of Defense
- (the) Department of Defense
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the US government department in charge of the country’s military forces. It is the government’s largest department and receives the most money. The Secretary of Defense is never a military person. The Secretary’s assistants include the military ↑
Joint Chiefs of Staff and three who are not in the armed forces, the Secretary of the Army, the Secretary of the Navy and the Secretary of the Air Force.
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