He is the minister of defense for the government in Khartoum.

He had declined an invitation to Khartoum, to see the minister of defense.

The draft also stipulates that the minister of defense must come from the armed forces.

That was Lee Jung Kim, the minister of defense.

Several Presidium members supported the minister of defense.

The U.S.-educated former banker also served as minister of trade and minister of defense in a previous cabinet.

Since he was minister of defense, this meant that every worker in Oriente was now under his personal command.

Esper added that over the weekend he spoke with Saudi Arabia's crown prince and the Iraqi minister of defense.

The president has to be responsible for appointing the minister of defense, just like in the United States or France.

The Czech defense attaché to India, Miroslav Kvasnak, was recently fired for disobeying explicit orders from the minister of defense.

It does not indicate how the minister of defense could be sacked or who has the authority to fire him.

A former Taliban deputy minister of defense, Fazl is alleged to be responsible for the massacre of thousands of minority Shi'ites.

He mentioned this desire on a visit to Moscow to the office of Dmitri F. Ustinov, the Soviet minister of defense.

The letter was mailed to the office of the minister of defense, and a copy sent to the local draft board.

He sacked the national security adviser and minister of defense last month and promised new tactics to fight terrorism but gave no details.

Of course, no man was likely to rise to the atmospheric heights of minister of defense unless he was fairly skilled at deception.