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 Biographies of Senior Defense Officials

 
THAD W. ALLEN
Commandant of the Coast Guard
WAYNE ARNY
Deputy Under Secretary of Defense for Installation
ALEX A. BEEHLER
Assistant Deputy Under Secretary of Defense for Environment, Safety and Occupational Health
P. JACKSON BELL
Deputy Under Secretary of Defense for Logistics and Materiel Readiness
JOSEPH A. BENKERT
Assistant Secretary of Defense for Global Security Affairs
CHARLES W. BOWEN
Master Chief Petty Officer of the Coast Guard
PATRICIA S. BRADSHAW
Deputy Under Secretary of Defense for Civilian Personnel Policy
DOUGLAS A. BROOK
Acting Under Secretary of Defense (Comptroller) / Department of Defense Chief Financial Officer
STEVEN P. BUCCI
Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for Homeland Defense and Defense Support for Civil Authorities
JENNIFER C. BUCK
Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for Reserve Affairs Resources Deputate
BILL CARR
Deputy Under Secretary for Military Personnel Policy
JAMES E. CARTWRIGHT
Vice Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff
GEORGE W. CASEY
Chief of Staff of the U.S. Army
S. WARD CASSCELLS
Assistant Secretary of Defense for Health Affairs
KEVIN P. CHILTON
Commander, United States Strategic Command, Offut Air Force Base, Neb.
DAVID S. C. CHU
Under Secretary of Defense for Personnel and Readiness
JAMES R. CLAPPER
Under Secretary of Defense for Intelligence
JAMES T. CONWAY
Commandant, U.S. Marine Corps
BANTZ J. CRADDOCK
Commander, U.S. European Command
LYNDA C. DAVIS
Deputy Under Secretary of Defense for Military Community and Family Policy
DANIEL J. DELL'ORTO
Principal Deputy General Counsel
MICHAEL B. DONLEY
Secretary of the U.S. Air Force
RICHARD J. DOUGLAS
Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for Counternarcotics, Counterproliferation and Global Threats
ERIC S. EDELMAN
Under Secretary of Defense for Policy
ELLEN P. EMBREY
Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for Force Health Protection and Readiness
GORDON ENGLAND
Deputy Secretary of Defense
JAMES I. FINLEY
Deputy Under Secretary of Defense for Acquisition and Technology
JEANNE FITES
Deputy Under Secretary of Defense for Program Integration
ROBERT M. GATES
Secretary of Defense
PETE GEREN
Secretary of the Army
JOHN G. GRIMES
Assistant Secretary of Defense for Networks and Information Integration / CIO
THOMAS F. HALL
Assistant Secretary of Defense for Reserve Affairs
ROBERT T. HASTINGS
Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for Public Affairs
JOHN G. HATHAWAY
Director, Civil-Military Policy Deputate
HONORABLE GORDON S. HEDDELL
Acting Inspector General for the U.S. Department of Defense
CHRISTOPHER R. HENRY
Principal Deputy Under Secretary of Defense for Policy
CLARENCE A. JOHNSON
Principal Director and Director, Civilian Equal Employment Opportunity
STEPHEN C. JOHNSON
Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense Western Hemisphere Affairs
STEPHEN L. JONES
Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for Health Affairs
TIMOTHY J. KEATING
Commander, U.S. Pacific Command, As of March 26, 2007
JOSEPH E. KELLEY
Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for Clinical and Program Policy
CARLTON W. KENT
Sergeant Major of the Marine Corps
SAMUEL D. KLEINMAN
Deputy Under Secretary of Defense for Readiness
PAUL S. KOFFSKY
Deputy General Counsel for Personnel & Health Policy
DONALD P. LOREN
Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense Homeland Security Integration
CHRISTIAN P. MARRONE
Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense
JAMES N. MATTIS
NATO Supreme Allied Commander for Transformation, & Commander, U.S. Joint Forces Command
DEREK MAURER
Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for Crisis Management and Defense Support of Civil Authorities
GAIL H. MCGINN
Deputy Under Secretary of Defense for Plans
PAUL MCHALE
Assistant Secretary of Defense for Homeland Defense and Americas’ Security Affairs
RODNEY J. MCKINLEY
Chief Master Sergeant of the Air Force
DUNCAN J. MCNABB
Commander, U.S. Transportation Command
CHARLES E. MCQUEARY
Director of Operational Test and Evaluation
ALLEN W. MIDDLETON
Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for Health Budgets and Financial Policy
GEOFFREY S. MORRELL
Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for Public Affairs
Pentagon Press Secretary
MICHAEL G. MULLEN
Chairman, Joint Chiefs of Staff
DONALD L. NELSON
Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for Reserve Affairs Manpower and Personnel
HENRY A. TREY OBERING
Director, Missile Defense Agency
DAVID H. PETRAEUS
Commander, U.S. Central Command
KENNETH O. PRESTON
Sergeant Major of the Army
TERRY J. PUDAS
Acting Director, Force Transformation
CHARLES A. RAY
Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for POW/Missing Personnel Affairs
WILLIAM S. REES
Deputy Under Secretary of Defense (Laboratories and Basic Sciences)
VICTOR E. RENUART
Commander, U.S. Northern Command and North American Aerospace Defense Command
MICHAEL L. RHODES
Acting Director of Administration and Management (OSD)
GARY ROUGHEAD
Chief of Naval Operations
PHILIP E. SAKOWITZ
Director & Chief Executive Officer, Defense Commissary Agency
NORTON A. SCHWARTZ
Chief of Staff of the U.S. Air Force
JAMES STAVRIDIS
Commander, U.S. Southern Command
ALAN S. THOMPSON
Director of the Defense Logistics Agency
PATRICIA J. WALKER
Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for Reserve Affairs Materiel and Facilities Deputate
MARY B. WARLICK
Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for European and NATO Policy
RICK D. WEST
Master Chief Petty Officer of the Navy
JEFFREY A. WIERINGA
Director, Defense Security Cooperation Agency
ROBERT WILKIE
Assistant Secretary of Defense for Legislative Affairs
JOHN C. WILLIAMS
Assistant Deputy Under Secretary of Defense for Installations
JOHN D. WINKLER
Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for Reserve Affairs
DONALD C. WINTER
Secretary of the Navy
JOHN J. YOUNG, JR.
Under Secretary of Defense for Acquisition, Technology and Logistics