QUESTIONS:
1. There has been recent interest in the three service secretaries within the Department of Defense following the resignation of the secretary of the army and his replacement by the secretary of the air force. Who was the last service secretary to move on to become secretary of Defense?
2. Who was the only secretary of the air force to go on to the U.S. Senate?
3. Who is the only former service secretary now serving in the Senate?
4. Who is the only former service secretary to go on to be secretary of State?
5. Who was the last service secretary to be elected governor of a state?
ANSWERS:
1. Harold Brown, secretary of the air force from 1965-69, who served as secretary of Defense from 1976-80.
2. Stuart Symington, secretary of the air force from 1947-50, who went on to serve as Democratic senator from Missouri from 1952-76.
3. Sen. John Warner (R.-VA.), secretary of the navy from 1972-74.
4. Cyrus Vance, secretary of the army from 1961-65, who served as secretary of State from 1976-80.
5. John B. Connally, secretary of the navy from 1961-62, who went on to serve as Democratic governor of Texas from 1962-68.
