Head of a former executive department; combined with the Navy Secretary to form the Defense Secretary in 1947.
1 Which outranks, the secretary of war or the general of the army?
2 Soon afterward Humphreys submitted his report to the secretary of war .
3 The interviews were brief and disagreeable and the secretary of war very brusque.
4 The hospitable Lincoln and his demanding secretary of war became a formidable team.
5 Stimson is our secretary of war , Mrs. Roosevelt explained to me.
6 He selected his secretary of war and most intimate friend, William Howard Taft.
7 The letter did not include any recognition of Cameron's service as secretary of war .
8 Newton Baker hadn't really wanted to be secretary of war .
9 The extracts here quoted from the letter of the assistant secretary of war C.A.
10 The assistant secretary of war read it carefully before nodding.
11 But it would be necessary to obtain the consent of the secretary of war .
12 After half an hour he summoned his secretary of war .
13 This report preceded the resignation of the secretary of war but a few days.
14 Harrison, offended at General Armstrong, the secretary of war , resigns
15 Henry Knox, the first secretary of war , was charged with building the first American fleet.
16 As minister of munitions, he had no authority to exceed the secretary of war 's request.
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