Talk:United States Deputy Secretary of Defense

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In the absence of a Secretary of Defense the Deputy Secretary of Defense can act as the Secretary, but he doesn't become the Secretary and doesn't have any particular priority in becoming the next Secretary.

[edit] Early, Lovett

This was in the article but I am moving it here because it doesn't make sense. It was not in the "List" section but seems to indicate they were deputy secretaries.

• Stephen T. Early 1949 - 1950
• Robert A. Lovett 1950 - 1951

[edit] James H. Douglas

I took out the link to James H. Douglas. The problem is that James H. Douglas redirects to Jim Douglas, the current Governor of Vermont (Whose middle initial is also H.) In fact, neither of these people are on the James Douglas disambiguation page. I'll fix these problems soon. FerralMoonrender (MyTalk • MyContribs • EmailMe) 03:19, 18 April 2007 (UTC)