National Security Act of 1947: Hearings Before the Committee on Expenditures in the Executive Departments, House of Representatives, Eightieth Congress, First Session, on H.R. 2319, a Bill to Promote the National Security by Providing for a National Defense Establishment which Shall be Administered by a Secretary of National Defense and for a Department of the Army, a Department of the Navy and a Department of the Air Force Within the National Defense Establishment and for the Coordination of the Activities of the National Defense Establishment with Other Departments and Agencies of the Government Concerned with the National Security |
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... thought to the problem are all in favor of the unifying effect in this bill , H. R. 2319 . I might say they have seen the problem as a whole , and have seen the need of reorganizing the military structure according to the lessons ...
... thought to the problem are all in favor of the unifying effect in this bill , H. R. 2319 . I might say they have seen the problem as a whole , and have seen the need of reorganizing the military structure according to the lessons ...
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... thought advisable and that we were agreed upon . Of course that only covered the matter in its broadest features . Then the actual work of drafting legislation to cover that agreement we delegated . I followed the matter carefully ...
... thought advisable and that we were agreed upon . Of course that only covered the matter in its broadest features . Then the actual work of drafting legislation to cover that agreement we delegated . I followed the matter carefully ...
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... thought I had here was expressed a good bit by my colleague , Mr. Latham , in the attitude of the men that compose the fighting forces of this country , which must be such that they not only want strong men and lots of materials , but ...
... thought I had here was expressed a good bit by my colleague , Mr. Latham , in the attitude of the men that compose the fighting forces of this country , which must be such that they not only want strong men and lots of materials , but ...
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... thought , for instance , of taking all the graduates of West Point and Annapolis and giving them 1 year of additional training in over - all national defense , so that whenever they are put in charge of an area , they have learned to ...
... thought , for instance , of taking all the graduates of West Point and Annapolis and giving them 1 year of additional training in over - all national defense , so that whenever they are put in charge of an area , they have learned to ...
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... thought they lost the war , because they took too much of their equip- ment and funds away from the submarine warfare that was doing us so much damage . Do you have any comment to make on that , or have you had any information to that ...
... thought they lost the war , because they took too much of their equip- ment and funds away from the submarine warfare that was doing us so much damage . Do you have any comment to make on that , or have you had any information to that ...
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Page 6 - Defense, the Secretary of the Army, the Secretary of the Navy, and the Secretary of the Air Force...
Page 600 - Corps shall be organized, trained, and equipped to provide fleet marine forces of combined arms, together with supporting air components, for service with the fleet in the seizure or defense of advanced naval bases and for the conduct of such land operations as may be essential to the prosecution of a naval campaign.
Page 2 - ... to provide United States representation on the Military Staff Committee of the United Nations in accordance with the provisions of the Charter of the United Nations. ( c ) The Joint Chiefs of Staff shall act as the principal military advisers to the President and the Secretary of Defense...
Page 676 - SEC. 404. The committee shall have the power, without regard to the civil-service laws and the Classification Act of 1923, as amended...
Page 4 - Council-- (1) to assess and appraise the objectives, commitments, and risks of the United States in relation to our actual and potential military power...
Page 5 - Institute for the purposes of the gift; (4) in accordance with the civil service laws, appoint and fix the compensation of such personnel as may be necessary to carry out the provisions of this...
Page 422 - Defense, and the Secretary of Defense shall be the head thereof. "(b) There shall be within the Department of Defense (1) the Department of the Army, the Department of the Navy, and the...
Page 137 - Commander in Chief of the Army and Navy, it is hereby ordered as follows: 1.
Page 7 - No suit, action, or other proceeding lawfully commenced by or against the head of any agency or other officer of the United States, in his official capacity or in relation to the discharge of his official duties, shall abate by reason of the taking effect of...
Page 2 - Establishment the Joint Chiefs of Staff, which shall consist of the Chief of Staff, United States Army; the Chief of Naval Operations; the Chief of Staff, United States Air Force; and the Chief of Staff to the Commander in Chief, if there be one. (b) Subject to the authority and direction of the President and the Secretary of Defense...