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  1. US government department presided over by the
  2. secretary of defence, headquartered in the
  3. Pentagon. The secretary holds a seat in the
  4. president's cabinet; each of the three
  5. military services has a civilian secretary,
  6. not of cabinet rank, at its head. It was
  7. established when the army, navy, and air
  8. force were unified by the National Security
  9. Act 1947.
  10.