Secretary of War

Noun

Meaning

head of a former executive department; combined with the Navy Secretary to form the Defense Secretary in 1947

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Secretary of War Stanton used to get out of patience with Lincoln because he was all the time pardoning men who ought to be shot. Elihu Root

By July 19, Secretary of War Newton Baker made clear that baseball was not an essential industry, and therefore every draft-eligible ballplayer was subject to the work or fight order. Source: Internet

Last week at Baghdad International Airport, the U.S. military, under the direction of former Raytheon executive (current Secretary of War) Mark Esper, assassinated another human, Iranian General Qasem Soleimani. Source: Internet

Secretary of War Jefferson Davis decided to increase American awareness of artillery developments in Europe, and he was primarily responsible in 1854 for sending a three-man commission to observe the Crimean War and European armies in general. Source: Internet

The House voted to impeach Johnson on February 24, 1868, three days after he fired his Secretary of War, Edwin Stanton. Source: Internet

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