Administration Quote by David Brooks

I never expected to be Defence Secretary. It's a great privilege.

— Bob Ainsworth

It's always a difficult time to be secretary general.

— Kofi Annan

The reason we've always had a civilian in that job [Secretary of Defence] is because we really believe that it is policymakers who ought…

— Leon Panetta

In fact, I worked at the Pentagon in the Office of the Secretary of Defense. I've seen the massive operation that the Secretary needs…

— Andy Kim

For somebody who loves foreign policy, being Secretary is the best job in the world - but it doesn't happen twice.

— Madeleine Albright

It is an honor of a lifetime to be appointed secretary of defense and to lead the greatest military in history.

— Mark Esper

Regardless of some disagreements in the past with Dr. Kissinger, I personally had a very good relationship with the secretary when I served as…

— Yitzhak Rabin

I think any man in business would be foolish to fool around with his secretary. If it's somebody else's secretary, fine.

— Barry Goldwater

I would not have imagined being asked to be Secretary of State, it was a great honor to serve with President Obama in his…

— Hillary Clinton

Don Rumsfeld is the finest secretary of defense the nation has ever had.

— Dick Cheney

I have seen the president and Secretary Tillerson work together. They work very well together. They talk through things. And then they manage it…

— Nikki Haley

All defense secretaries in wartime have, needless to say, made misjudgments.

— Anonymous