# Deputy Secretary of Defense
> **US Department of Defense** · Final rule. · Published 2002-06-25 · 67 FR 42722
## Document
- **Document number:** 02-15913
- **Category:** other
- **Sub-agency:** US Department of Defense
- **Federal Register citation:** 67 FR 42722
- **CFR reference:** 32 CFR 341
- **Publication date:** 2002-06-25
## Abstract

This final regulation announces the authority of the Deputy Secretary of Defense, Dr. Paul Wolfowitz, to act for the Secretary of Defense and to exercise the powers of the Secretary of Defense upon any and all matters concerning which the Secretary of Defense is authorized to act pursuant to law. It further permits the Deputy Secretary to make specific delegations of this authority in appropriate cases.

## Source
- [Federal Register document](https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2002/06/25/02-15913/deputy-secretary-of-defense)
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