Michael Doubleday said the defense secretary did not overrule West's initial decision to deny the burial.
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The U.S. defense secretary said he believed the bomber flights would calm the situation.
White House officials said the president was informed about the abuses by Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld sometime after U.S. Central Command put out an advisory on January 16, but they do not have an exact date, or details of exactly what Bush was told.
In brief remarks before the wreath-laying ceremony, Defense Secretary Robert Gates said the United States would stop at nothing to defend its citizens and values.
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"The president knows that I serve at his pleasure and that's that, " the defense secretary said.
The men said the Pentagon officials -- including former Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld -- authorized and carried out the mistreatment.
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In the strongest hint yet, Russian Defense Secretary Sergei Ivanov said yesterday that the two sides have made "clear progress" in their Treaty discussions.
At the same time, Secretary of Defense Robert Gates said Tuesday the U.S. will continue to fire missiles at militants in Pakistan.
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However, Defense Secretary Leon Panetta has said defense cuts increase the risk of fielding a smaller force.
The ad refers to a quote made by the secretary of defense, who said recently that in Iraq, 'We have our good days and our bad days.
Speaking on NBC's "Meet the Press, " Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld also said he would like to see the airport reopened, saying it would be "unfortunate" to "alter our way of life" in the wake of the attacks.
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On Monday, Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel said another huge concern is the uncontrollable cost the Defense Department is paying for health care and other benefits.
"This is so contrary to everything upon which the Army was built, " McHugh, the Army secretary, has said during testimony before the House Appropriations Committee defense subcommittee.
As the President said yesterday, that post as well as the positions of Secretary of Defense, Secretary of State, these are essential positions that need to be filled if possible without delay.
"She was one of the greatest citizens of our country of the past half-century, " said Robert McNamara, defense secretary under Kennedy and Johnson who was a major Vietnam policy maker during the period chronicled by the Pentagon Papers.
He and others have determined that that's not part of that program and if that money is contained in the bill, the Secretary of Defense and advisors here, as I said yesterday, would recommend that the President veto that bill, yes.
U.S. Deputy Defense Secretary Paul Wolfowitz said the list was restricted due to security concerns.
Last month, Defense Secretary Robert Gates said the command would initially be under the U.S. Strategic Command.
Defense Secretary Leon Panetta said the U.S. doesn't believe Iran has made the decision to produce atomic weapons.
Defense Secretary Leon Panetta said the U.S. is working with the U.K. and Algerian governments to assess developments.
Earlier Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld said the US was engaged in "a large multi-headed effort that probably spans 60 countries, including the United States".
Shortly before he left office in late 2006, Rumsfeld said the day the Abu Ghraib scandal broke was the worst in his tenure as defense secretary.
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Defense Secretary William Perry said the United States would be part of a powerful force that "would bring a large hammer down" on anyone who attacked it.
In Washington, U.S. Defense Secretary Robert Gates said the border region remains "a real problem" for allied troops battling a resurgent Taliban and its al Qaeda allies in Afghanistan, particularly along the rugged border with Pakistan.
By 2017, Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel said the U.S. would install 14 additional ground-based missile interceptors at Fort Greely, Alaska, representing an increase of nearly 50% over the 30 interceptors now located both there and in California.
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And we issued yesterday a statement of administration policy that said if the projects that the Secretary of Defense had outlined to the President were included in appropriations bills, then, upon the advice of the Secretary and senior advisors in the White House, those bills would be sent back, as I think Peter Orszag testified today.
Defense Secretary Leon Panetta has said the cuts would harm the readiness of U.S. fighting forces.
U.S. Defense Secretary Robert Gates said recently the U.S. does not have good intelligence on Bin Laden's whereabouts.
Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld said Friday the captives were considered "unlawful combatants" and have no rights under the convention.
U.S. Defense Secretary Robert Gates said Friday the United States will continue to work with Kyrgyzstan on keeping the base open.
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