Defense Department
Obama Appointees
| Robert M. Gates |
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| Position: Secretary
Confirmed: Dec. 18, 2006 |
| William J. Lynn III |
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| Position: Deputy Secretary of Defense
Confirmed: Feb. 11, 2009 |
| Ashton Carter |
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| Position: Under Secretary of Defense for Acquisition, Technology, and Logistics
Confirmed: April 23, 2009 |
| Mike Donley |
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| Position: Secretary of the Air Force
Confirmed: Oct. 17, 2008 |
| John McHugh |
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| Position: Secretary of the Army
Confirmed: Sept. 16, 2009 |
| Ray Mabus |
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| Position: Secretary of the Navy
Confirmed: May 18, 2009 |
| Frank Kendall III |
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| Position: Deputy Under Secretary for Acquisition and Technology
Nominated: Aug. 6, 2009 |
| Michèle Flournoy |
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| Position: Under Secretary of Defense for Policy
Confirmed: Feb. 9, 2009 |
| Robert F. Hale |
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| Position: Comptroller
Confirmed: Feb. 9, 2009 |
| James R. Clapper |
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| Position: Under Secretary of Defense for Intelligence
Confirmed: April 15, 2007 |
| Clifford L. Stanley |
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| Position: Under Secretary of Defense for Personnel and Readiness
Announced: Oct. 15, 2009 |
| Joseph Westphal |
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| Position: Under Secretary of the Army
Confirmed: Sept. 16, 2009 |
| Zachary Lemnios |
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| Position: Director of Defense for Research and Engineering
Confirmed: June 19, 2009 |
| Alexander Vershbow |
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| Position: Assistant Secretary for International Security Affairs
Confirmed: April 3, 2009 |
| Jim Miller |
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| Position: Principal Deputy Under Secretary of Defense for Policy
Confirmed: April 3, 2009 |
| Michael Nacht |
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| Position: Assistant Secretary for Global Strategic Affairs
Confirmed: May 7, 2009 |
| Michael Vickers |
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| Position: Assistant Secretary for Special Operations/Low Intensity Conflict and Interdependent Capabilities
Confirmed: July 23, 2007 |
| Paul N. Stockton |
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| Position: Assistant Secretary for Homeland Defense
Confirmed: May 18, 2009 |
| Lt. Gen. Wallace "Chip" Gregson Jr. |
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| Position: Assistant Secretary of Defense for Asian and Pacific Security Affairs
Confirmed: May 7, 2009 |
| Michael Gilmore |
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| Position: Director, Operational Test and Evaluation
Confirmed: Sept. 21, 2009 |
| Dennis McCarthy |
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| Position: Assistant Secretary for Reserve Affairs
Confirmed: June 25, 2009 |
| Jeh Charles Johnson |
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| Position: General Counsel
Confirmed: Feb. 9, 2009 |
| Elizabeth L. King |
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| Position: Assistant Secretary for Legislative Affairs
Confirmed: May 7, 2009 |
| Erin C. Conaton |
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| Position: Under Secretary of the Air Force
Nominated: Nov. 10, 2009 |
| Jamie M. Morin |
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| Position: Assistant Secretary of the Air Force for Financial Management and Comptroller
Confirmed: June 19, 2009 |
| Charles Blanchard |
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| Position: General Counsel of the Air Force
Confirmed: May 18, 2009 |
| Terry A. Yonkers |
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| Position: Assistant Secretary of the Air Force for Installations, Environment and Logistics
Nominated: Aug. 4, 2009 |
| Daniel Ginsberg |
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| Position: Assistant Secretary of the Air Force for Manpower and Reserve Affairs
Confirmed: July 6, 2009 |
| Jo-Ellen Darcy |
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| Position: Assistant Secretary of the Army for Civil Works
Confirmed: Aug. 7, 2009 |
| Maria Sally Matiella |
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| Position: Assistant Secretary of the Army for Financial Management and Comptroller
Nominated: Nov. 20, 2009 |
| Thomas Lamont |
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| Position: Assistant Secretary of the Army for Manpower and Reserve Affairs
Confirmed: May 18, 2009 |
| Solomon B. Watson IV |
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| Position: General Counsel of the Army
Nominated: Nov. 20, 2009 |
| Robert Work |
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| Position: Under Secretary of the Navy
Confirmed: May 18, 2009 |
| Juan Garcia |
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| Position: Assistant Secretary of the Navy for Manpower and Reserve Affairs
Confirmed: Sept. 16, 2009 |
| Gladys J. Commons |
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| Position: Assistant Secretary of the Navy for Financial Management and Comptroller
Confirmed: Oct. 28, 2009 |
| Paul L. Oostburg Sanz |
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| Position: General Counsel of the Navy
Nominated: Nov. 20, 2009 |
| Andrew Weber |
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| Position: Assistant to the Secretary of Defense for Nuclear, Chemical and Biological Programs
Confirmed: May 18, 2009 |
| Gordon Heddell |
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| Position: Inspector General
Confirmed: July 10, 2009 |
| Christine H. Fox |
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| Position: Director of Cost Assessment and Program Evaluation
Confirmed: Oct. 28, 2009 |
Choices at a Glance
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- Principal Deputy Under Secretary for Personnel and Readiness
- Assistant Secretary for Health Affairs
- Assistant Secretary for Networks and Information Integration
- Assistant Secretary of Defense Public Affairs
- Assistant Secretary of the Air Force for Acquisition
- Assistant Secretary of the Army for Acquisition, Logistics and Technology
- Assistant Secretary of the Army for Installations and Environment
- Assistant Secretary of the Navy for Installations and Environment
- Assistant Secretary of the Navy for Research Development and Acquisition
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