Defense Department

Defense Department
An executive department of the United States government created by National Security Act Amendments of 1949, inclusive of the Department of the Army, the Department of the Navy, and the Department of the Air Force, since reorganized by the Department of Defense Reorganization Act of 1958. 5 USC §§ 171 et seq.

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