| MCNAMARA | Robert -, US Secretary of Defense from 1961-68 (8) |
| GATES | Robert ---, US secretary of defence under presidents of both main parties |
| RUMSFELD | US Secretary of Defense from 1975-1977 and again from 2001-2006 (8) |
| WEINBERGER | Caspar ___, US Secretary of Defense from 1981-87 (10) |
| THEISSUE | See 4 US Secretary of Defense 1975-77 (6,8) |
| ASH | ___ Carter (Secretary of Defense from 2015-2017 who was posthumously awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom on Friday) |
| ROBERT | US secretary of defense 1961-68 (6) |
| LESASPIN | Clinton's secretary of defense |
| ALI | See 4 US Secretary of Defense 1975-77 (6,8) |
| TREVOR | See 4 US Secretary of Defense 1975-77 (6,8) |
| ALIVE | See 4 US Secretary of Defense 1975-77 (6,8) |
| TRUMP | See 4 US Secretary of Defense 1975-77 (6,8) |
| BRIGADE | See 4 US Secretary of Defense 1975-77 (6,8) |
| DONALD | and 13 US Secretary of Defense 1975-77 (6,8) |
| BROWN | See 4 US Secretary of Defense 1975-77 (6,8) |
| MAXWELL | See 4 US Secretary of Defense 1975-77 (6,8) |
| GURNEY | See 4 US Secretary of Defense 1975-77 (6,8) |
| UPONATIME | See 4 US Secretary of Defense 1975-77 (6,8) |
| INAMERICA | See 4 US Secretary of Defense 1975-77 (6,8) |
| CAPRICORN | See 4 US Secretary of Defense 1975-77 (6,8) |
