 | United States - Law - 1959 - 956 pages
...respect to it, the Commandant has co-equal status with the members of the Joint Chiefs of Staff. (d) Subject to the authority and direction of the President and the Secretary of Defense, the Joint Chiefs of Staff shall— (1) prepare strategic plans and provide for the strategic direction... | |
 | United States - Law - 1971 - 1176 pages
...respect to it, the Commandant has co-equal status with the members of the Joint Chiefs of Staff. (d) Subject to the authority and direction of the President and the Secretary of Defense, the Joint Chiefs of Staff shall— ( 1 ) prepare strategic plans and provide for the strategic direction... | |
 | United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Armed Services - 1947 - 752 pages
...ago, and which is clear in the language of the bill as far as the Joint Chiefs are concerned, operate subject to the authority and direction of the President and the Secretary. Senator ROBERTSON. Precisely. General NORSTAD. It is clear that the Joint Chiefs, as individual chiefs... | |
 | United States. Navy Department. Office of Management Engineer - 1948 - 192 pages
...are the principal military advisers to the President and to the Secretary of fense.* B. Specific — Subject to the authority and direction of the President and the Secretary of fense, it shall be the duty of the Joint Chiefs of Staff: 1. To prepare strategic plans and to provide... | |
 | United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Armed Services - 1952 - 38 pages
...Staff in the performance of the duties assigned in subsection (b) of this section, the Chairman shall, subject to the authority and direction of the President and the Secretary of Defense, perform the following duties : (1) serve as the presiding officer of the Joint Chiefs of Staff; (2)... | |
 | United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Armed Services - 1949 - 312 pages
...virtue of his office, exercise military command over the Joint Chiefs of Staff or the services. "(c) Subject to the authority and direction of the President and the Secretary of Defense, it shall be the duty of the Joint Chiefs of Staff to perform, in addition to such other duties as the... | |
 | United States. Congress. Senate. Armed Services - 1949 - 308 pages
...subparagraph (c) of section 211 of the bill be changed as indicated (omit matter in black brackets) : "Subject to the authority and direction of the President and the Secretary of Defense, the Joint Chiefs of Staff shall [assist the Secretary of Defense in] perforating] such duties as the... | |
 | United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Armed Services - 1951 - 190 pages
...Staff in the performance of the duties assigned in subsection (b) of this section, the chairman shall, subject to the authority and direction of the President and the Secretary of Defense, perform the following duties : (1) serve as the presiding officer of the Joint Chiefs of Staff ; (2)... | |
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The Joint Chiefs of Staff, according to the act, are "established within the Department of Defense" and shall be "the principal military advisers to the President, the National Security Council, and the Secretary of Defense... 
