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Department of Defense
noun
- the department of the U.S. federal government charged with ensuring that the military capacity of the U.S. is adequate to safeguard the national security. : DOD
Department of Defense
- A department of the federal executive branch entrusted with formulating military policies and maintaining American military forces. Its top official is the civilian secretary of defense . It is headquartered in the Pentagon .
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In 2010, an internal US Department of Defense memo called Afghanistan “the Saudi Arabia of lithium,” after American geologists discovered the vast extent of the country’s mineral wealth, valued at at least $1 trillion.
He even trained Department of Defense employees on security and counterintelligence.
The report, titled “The Military, Police, and the Rise of Terrorism in the United States,” cited a Department of Defense report sent to the House and Senate Armed Services Committees last month.
Department of Defense to resume giving the shots to military personnel after the mandatory vaccination program had been suspended.
Guests include former Department of Defense officials Chuck Hagel and Michèle Flournoy and Chicago Project on Security and Threats researchers Robert Pape and Paul Poast.
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