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strategy, legislative priorities, policies, and budget before
Congress. In carrying out these responsibilities, the ASD(LA) directs a team of managers, action officers, and support personnel who help direct, monitor and manage communications and activities between Congress and elements of the
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the
Secretary of Defense five times, largely because the Secretary of Defense has historically been authorized a limited number of assistant secretaries. The position was given statutory standing as the
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Since 1957, the responsibilities of this position have stayed mostly constant, but the title has changed between
Assistant Secretary of Defense and Assistant
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This type of apparently minor, yet bureaucratically significant, distinction is sometimes satirized in popular culture. For example, on NBC's
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in 1947 (the NME was renamed the
Department of Defense in 1949). This was one of three special assistants to the first Secretary of Defense.
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The annual budget for the ASD(LA) is contained in the OSD's budget, under the
Defense-Wide Operation and Maintenance (O&M) account. The
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Loyola
University New Orleans Office of Public Affairs, "Robert L. Wilkie Named Assistant Secretary of Defense for Legislative Affairs"
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in August 1949 based on amendments to the
National Security Act (P.L. 81-216) that authorized three Assistant Secretaries of Defense.
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The position was abolished in 1953, with its functions divided and transferred to the
General Counsel and the
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National Defense Authorization Act for FY1994 (P.L. 103-160), passed November 30, 1993.
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Assistant
Secretary of Defense (Legislative and Public Affairs)
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Assistant Secretary of Defense (Legislative and Public Affairs)
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Assistant Secretary of Defense (Legal and Legislative Affairs)
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Assistant Secretary of Defense (Legal and Legislative Affairs)
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Assistant to the Secretary of Defense (Legislative Affairs)
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Assistant to the Secretary of Defense (Legislative Affairs)
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Assistant to the Secretary of Defense (Legislative Affairs)
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Assistant to the Secretary of Defense (Legislative Affairs)
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Special Assistant (Legal, Legislative, and Public Affairs)
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Assistant Secretaries of Defense (Legislative Affairs)
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Assistant Secretary of Defense for Legislative Affairs
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Assistant Secretary of Defense (Legislative Affairs)
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Assistant Secretary of Defense (Legislative Affairs)
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Assistant Secretary of Defense (Legislative Affairs)
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Assistant Secretary of Defense (Legislative Affairs)
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264:Assistant Secretary of Defense (Public Affairs)
37:Seal of the United States Department of Defense
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425:September 15, 1953 - February 20, 1955
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866:August 1, 1993 - September 15, 1994
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66:United States Department of Defense
706:April 12, 1974 - February 28, 1976
684:April 17, 1973 - February 15, 1974
652:Col. George L.J. Dalferes (Acting)
445:March 15, 1955 - February 20, 1957
227:Office of the Secretary of Defense
98:United States Secretary of Defense
70:Office of the Secretary of Defense
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761:March 23, 1977 - January 19, 1981
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469:Brig. Gen. Clarence J. Hauck, Jr.
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808:August 4, 1986 - April 28, 1989
655:March 17, 1973 - April 17, 1973
374:May 3, 1951 - November 19, 1951
243:National Military Establishment
237:This office was established as
1121:August 2020 - January 20, 2021
1095:August 8, 2017 - July 24, 2020
1039:October 8, 2015 - July 5, 2016
790:May 6, 1981 - December 8, 1985
561:August 8, 1962 - June 30, 1965
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633:May 2, 1971 - March 10, 1973
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187:Executive Schedule Level IV
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521:March 1960 - November 1960
308:President(s) Served Under
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241:upon the creation of the
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305:SecDef(s) Served Under
218:Department of Defense's
153:Constituting instrument
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81:Mr Assistant Secretary
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1129:Christopher C. Miller
816:Frank C. Carlucci III
611:Richard G. Capen, Jr.
223:Department of Defense
1266:Obama administration
836:David J. Gribbin III
812:Caspar W. Weinberger
794:Caspar W. Weinberger
710:James R. Schlesinger
692:James R. Schlesinger
688:Elliot L. Richardson
659:Elliot L. Richardson
641:Elliot L. Richardson
214:Secretary of Defense
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393:Charles A. Coolidge
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820:William H. Taft IV
587:Robert S. McNamara
565:Robert S. McNamara
557:David E. McGiffert
545:Robert S. McNamara
378:George C. Marshall
360:George C. Marshall
329:James V. Forrestal
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843:Richard B. Cheney
830:George H. W. Bush
805:M. D. B. Carlisle
786:Russell A. Rourke
591:Clark M. Clifford
530:Dwight Eisenhower
509:Dwight Eisenhower
492:George W. Vaughan
485:Dwight Eisenhower
476:Charles E. Wilson
454:Dwight Eisenhower
449:Charles E. Wilson
441:Robert Tripp Ross
434:Dwight Eisenhower
429:Charles E. Wilson
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874:William J. Perry
863:Sandra K. Stuart
758:Jack L. Stempler
730:William K. Brehm
580:Jack L. Stempler
400:Robert A. Lovett
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356:Louis A. Johnson
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550:John F. Kennedy
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