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342 | Trump's Last Defense Secretary on Cutting the Pentagon Budget, Base Closures, Forever War Accountability, and New Threats with Christopher C. Miller

The Realignment

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What's the Difference Between Acting Secretary of Defense and a Secretary of Defense?

The secretary defense is appointed by the president, but he has to be confirmed by the Senate. "I did not know that there are two sides of the Pentagon," Hagel says. The department of defense is one of the largest bureaucracies in the world.

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