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Robert McNamara was in the defense department under President Kennedy.
* 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
Robert McNamara ran the defense department under President Kennedy.
Yes. The Secretary of Defense.
The president
Harry S Truman
The US Department of Defense is part of the Executive branch, answerable directly to the President of the United States.
The President, because he is the head of a Cabinet department.
The United States Department of Defense is part of the executive branch of the United States government. The head of the Department of Defense is the Secretary of Defense, who is a member of the President's cabinet. Other countries have their own equivalents, which are usually presided over by a Minister of Defense.
Harry S. Truman was President when the DoD was created in 1947.
To advise the president on issues of national security.
The National Security Act of 1947 is the law that unified the armed forces by creating the Department of Defense. The Department of Defense is a Cabinet post that assists the President of the United States in protecting the country.