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The Secretary of Defense (SecDef) is the head and chief executive officer of the Department of Defense, an Executive Department of the Government of the United States of America. This position corresponds to what is generally known as a Defense Minister in many other countries. The Secretary of Defense is appointed by the President with the advice and consent of the Senate, and is by custom a member of the Cabinet and by law a member of the National Security Council.
Secretary of Defense is a statutory office, and the general provision in 10 U.S.C. § 113 provides that the Secretary of Defense has "authority, direction and control over the Department of Defense", and is further designated by the same statute as "the principal assistant to the President in all matters relating to the Department of Defense." Ensuring civilian control of the military, an individual may not be appointed as Secretary of Defense within seven years after relief from active duty as a commissioned officer of a regular (i.e., non-reserve) component of an armed force.
Charles Timothy "Chuck" Hagel (born October 4, 1946) is a former United States Senator from Nebraska. A member of the Republican Party, he was first elected in 1996 and was reelected in 2002. In 2009, he was elected as Chairman of the Atlantic Council.
Born in North Platte, Nebraska, to Betty Dunn Hagel and Charles Dean Hagel, who had German and Polish ancestry, he graduated from St. Bonaventure High School (now Scotus Central Catholic High School) in Columbus, Nebraska, the Brown Institute for Radio and Television in 1966 and the University of Nebraska at Omaha in 1971. Hagel is a Vietnam War veteran, having served in the United States Army infantry, attaining the rank of Sergeant (E-5) from 1967 – 1968. He served as an infantry squad leader in the 9th Infantry Division. While serving during the Vietnam War, Hagel received the Vietnamese Cross of Gallantry, two Purple Hearts, Army Commendation Medal, and the Combat Infantryman Badge.[citation needed] After returning from Vietnam, he worked as a bartender and radio newscaster while finishing college.
Robert Strange McNamara (June 9, 1916 – July 6, 2009) was an American business executive and the eighth Secretary of Defense, serving under Presidents John F. Kennedy and Lyndon B. Johnson from 1961 to 1968, during which time he played a large role in escalating the United States involvement in the Vietnam War. Following that, he served as President of the World Bank from 1968 to 1981. McNamara was responsible for the institution of systems analysis in public policy, which developed into the discipline known today as policy analysis.
Prior to public service, McNamara was one of the "Whiz Kids" who helped rebuild Ford Motor Company after World War II, and briefly served as Ford's President before becoming Secretary of Defense.
Robert McNamara was born in San Francisco, California. His father was Robert James McNamara, sales manager of a wholesale shoe company. His mother was Clara Nell Strange McNamara. His father's family was Irish and in about 1850, following the Great Irish Famine, had emigrated to Massachusetts and later to California. He graduated from Piedmont High School in Piedmont, California in 1933 where he was president of the Rigma Lions boys club and earned the rank of Eagle Scout. He graduated from the University of California, Berkeley in 1937 with a Bachelor of Arts degree in economics with minors in mathematics and philosophy. He was a member of Phi Gamma Delta fraternity, was elected to Phi Beta Kappa his sophomore year and earned a varsity letter in crew. He was also a member of the UC Berkeley's Order of the Golden Bear which was a fellowship of students and leading faculty members formed to promote leadership within the student body. He earned an MBA from Harvard Business School in 1939.
Actors: Robert Pralgo (actor), Tom Sizemore (actor), Vanelle (actress), Robert Pralgo (producer), Tom Sizemore (producer), Kenneth Lampl (composer), Alan Watkins (actor), Alex Van (actor), Wilbur Fitzgerald (actor), Tara-Nicole Azarian (actress), Nick Karner (actor), Andrew R. Kaplan (actor), Matthew Young (writer), Matthew Young (writer), Justin Welborn (actor),
Plot: A rare astronomical event causes a permanent worldwide black out, forcing residents of a middle-class suburb to get by with no modern conveniences. The community pulls together and adapts to a simpler way of life, but their success draws the attention of the less resourceful residents in the area and soon results in a war between subdivisions. This is their story.
Genres: Action, Drama, Sci-Fi,Actors: Griff Furst (producer), Billy Slaughter (actor), Lance E. Nichols (actor), Kenneth M. Badish (producer), Griff Furst (actor), Ritchie Montgomery (actor), Kenneth M. Badish (producer), Gary Grubbs (actor), Erin Cahill (actress), Stacy Keach (actor), Jason London (actor), James T. Bruce IV (producer), Daniel Lewis (producer), Daniel Lewis (producer), R. Bryan Wright (producer),
Plot: A series of freak weather occurrences around Washington D.C. reunites two estranged brothers who are the sons of a once prestigious climate scientist. One of them suspects their father is behind it and upon further investigation, they discover that all of their father's enemies are dead - victims of freak weather accidents. Soon their suspicions are confirmed as their father hijacks radio and TV transmissions to relay the message that unless a certain Senator whom canceled his Defense Department contracts is handed over, the city of Washington D.C will suffer the consequences. As the brothers race to form a plan that can defeat their father, he lets loose a variety of diabolical weather weapons on the Smithsonian, Jefferson and Lincoln Memorials, and National Mall!
Genres: Sci-Fi,Actors: Ryan Kavanaugh (producer), Angelina Jolie (actress), Lorenzo di Bonaventura (producer), Richard Martini (actor), Daniel Olbrychski (actor), Patrick Michael Strange (actor), Liev Schreiber (actor), Philip Stamper (actor), Matthew James Gulbranson (actor), Robert Bizik (actor), Andre Braugher (actor), Chiwetel Ejiofor (actor), Olek Krupa (actor), Phillip Noyce (director), James Newton Howard (composer),
Plot: Evelyn Salt is a CIA agent and highly respected by all, including her boss, Ted Winter. Out of the blue, a Russian spy walks into their offices and offers a vital piece of information: the President of Russia will be assassinated during his forthcoming visit to New York City to attend the funeral of the recently deceased U.S. Vice President. The name of the assassin: Evelyn Salt. Concerned about the safety of her husband, who she cannot contact, she goes on the run. Winter refuses to accept that she is a mole or a double agent but her actions begin to raise doubts. Just who is Evelyn Salt and what is she planning?
Keywords: 1970s, abandoned-ship, action-heroine, airplane, ak-47, ambulance, american-flag, anti-hero, apartment, arachnologistActors: Mike Judge (writer), Mike Judge (producer), Luke Wilson (actor), Samantha Inoue Harte (actress), Stephen Root (actor), Maya Rudolph (actress), Thomas Haden Church (actor), Jimmy Willden (actor), Justin Long (actor), David Herman (actor), Jason Konopisos (actor), Michael McCafferty (actor), Terry Crews (actor), Theodore Shapiro (composer), Mike Judge (writer),
Plot: Officer Collins has been spearheading one of the US Army's most secretive experiments to date: the Human Hibernation Project. If successful, the project would store its' subjects indefinitely until they are needed most. Their first test subject - Joe Bowers - was not chosen for his superiority. Instead, he's chosen because he's the most average guy in the armed services. But scandal erupts after the experiment takes place, the base is closed, and the president disavows any knowledge of the project. Unfortunately Joe doesn't wake up in a year, he wakes up in 500 years! But during that time human evolution has taken a dramatic down turn. After waking up, Joe takes a prison-assigned IQ test and finds that he's the smartest guy alive! Awaiting a full presidential pardon if he can solve one of the country's biggest problems - the dwindling plant population, Joe races against time to solve this problem. But in doing so he alienates half the country in the process! Can he make things right and escape a rather bizarre execution?
Keywords: 26th-century, american-flag, amusement-park, army, arrest, avalanche, barcode-tattoo, bare-chested-male, black-u.s.-president, brainwashingActors: Stig Henrik Hoff (actor), Per Egil Aske (actor), Wibecke Rønseth (editor), Line Verndal (actress), Per Lillo-Stenberg (actor), Roar Uthaug (director), Thomas Torjussen (writer), Kari Moen Kristiansen (producer), Kjærand Moe (actor), Øivind Egeland (actor),
Plot: Martin is going on a blinddate and in his internal government the ministers are preparing for a routine State visit. But then Nora is revealed and tactics need to be changed. Fast! Nora is not interested in foreign political smalltalk, she is after government secrets. The ridiculed Home Secretary is slowly coming to life, but in his way stands a paranoid Defense Secretary. Only a coup can save Martin now!
Keywords: character-name-in-titleActors: Dale Midkiff (actor), Troy Evans (actor), Jon Alon Walz (miscellaneous crew), Stephen Tobolowsky (actor), Dennis McCarthy (composer), Ralph Berge (miscellaneous crew), Jana Sue Memel (producer), Stu Segall (producer), Chyna (actress), Judy Geeson (actress), Kelly Perine (actor), Rob Hedden (director), Rob Hedden (writer), John Beal (composer), Paul Schulze (actor),
Plot: Set in San Diego, the movie follows the desperate acts of Bill Templer head of a covert defense agency perpetrating a terrifying fraud on the American public - involving the imminent invasion of aliens - by leaking to the press a satellite image of an alien armada poised to strike earth. As terror of an alien attack spreads, the President of the United States orders the launching of Peacemaker, a surveillance satellite retrofitted with a nuclear warhead. Templer's elaborate plot is threatened when police detective Kevin Anjanette discovers that the alien images were faked. To protect his scheme, Templer swiftly unleashes the lethal head of his security, Ava Zurich, onto Anjanette. But it's soon revealed that an alien force actually does exist and is poised to strike if Peacemaker is used. In order to protect mankind from total annihilation, Anjanette must race to abort the nuclear bomb that will trigger the alien attack.
Keywords: alien, alien-invasion, cnn-reporter, conspiracy, nuclear-bomb, u.s.-president, ufoActors: Larry Groupé (composer), James Handy (actor), Sheryl Lee Ralph (actress), Sean Astin (actor), Robert Harvey (actor), Alan Roberts (editor), June Lockhart (actress), Kevin Pollak (actor), Jack Angel (actor), Timothy Hutton (actor), Sayed Badreya (actor), James Handy (actor), Rod Lurie (director), Rod Lurie (actor), Rod Lurie (writer),
Plot: After the death of the President, his successor is on the campaign trail to be re-elected. On a stop in Colorado, he is suddenly snowed in and he and his entourage are forced to take shelter in a small diner. Of course, the group completely take over from the diner's owner and his French-Canadian waitress. Also in the diner is a local redneck and a married couple. Suddenly, the movie moves into a suspense film as the President learns that Iraq has invaded Kuwait and slaughtered hundreds of American soldiers. Setting up temporary communications, the President announces that he will launch a nuclear attack on Iraq immediately if the country does not withdraw. Iraq reacts that they have 23 nuclear missiles trained on the US that they are ready to launch. Tensions mount with the involved civilians offering a different viewpoint to the President from the normal opinions of his advisers.
Keywords: 2000s, atomic-weapons, b-52, baghdad-iraq, blizzard, chief-of-staff, colorado, cook, death-of-a-president, dinerActors: Carl Lumbly (actor), Read Morgan (actor), John Lithgow (actor), James Keane (actor), Ronald Lacey (actor), Christopher Lloyd (actor), Jonathan Banks (actor), John Lithgow (actor), Clancy Brown (actor), Jeff Goldblum (actor), Matt Clark (actor), Dan Hedaya (actor), John Ashton (actor), Vincent Schiavelli (actor), Robert Ito (actor),
Plot: Neurosurgeon/Rock Star/Superhero Buckaroo has perfected the oscillation overthruster, which allows him to travel through solid matter by using the eighth dimension. The Red Lectroids from Planet 10 are after this device for their own evil ends, and it's up to Buckaroo and his band and crime-fighting team The Hong Kong Cavaliers to stop them.
Keywords: 1930s, 1980s, alien, alien-contact, alternative-reality, american-flag, arm-sling, automobile, begins-with-text, bell-206-jet-ranger-helicopterActors: Peter Donat (actor), Brian Keith (actor), Joseph G. Medalis (actor), Trevor Howard (actor), Henry Fonda (actor), Martin Landau (actor), Karl Malden (actor), Gregory Gaye (actor), Richard Dysart (actor), Joseph Campanella (actor), James Bacon (actor), Sean Connery (actor), Clyde Kusatsu (actor), Ronald Neame (actor), Read Morgan (actor),
Plot: After a collision with a comet, a nearly 8km wide piece of the asteroid "Orpheus" is heading towards Earth. If it will hit it will cause a incredible catastrophe which will probably extinguish mankind. To stop the meteor NASA wants to use the illegal nuclear weapon satellite "Hercules" but discovers soon that it doesn't have enough fire power. Their only chance to save the world is to join forces with the USSR who have also launched such an illegal satellite. But will both governments agree?
Keywords: airplane, alps, astronaut, astronomer, astrophysicist, avalanche, bar, blizzard, boat-race, boyfriend-girlfriend-relationshipActors: Brian Donlevy (actor), Dick O'Neill (actor), Alan Oppenheimer (actor), Marvin Miller (actor), Albert Dekker (actor), Masaichi Nagata (producer), Eiji Funakoshi (actor), Louis Zorich (actor), Sandy Howard (director), Steve Zacharias (actor), Nisan Takahashi (writer), Noriaki Yuasa (miscellaneous crew), Noriaki Yuasa (director), John McCurry (actor), Billie Mae Richards (actress),
Genres: Sci-Fi,