Under Secretary of Defense for Policy

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United States federal government position civilian office

The Under Secretary of Defense for Policy is a senior civilian official in the U.S. Department of Defense responsible for developing and overseeing national defense policy and strategic guidance.

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All labels observed (3)

Label	Occurrences
Under Secretary of Defense for Policy canonical	27
Under Secretary of Defense for Policy on Indo-Pacific matters	1
Undersecretary of Defense for Policy	1

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T3805453 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.

NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Under Secretary of Defense for Policy
Context triple: [Assistant Secretary of Defense for International Security Affairs, reportsTo, Under Secretary of Defense for Policy]

A. Assistant Secretary of Defense for International Security Affairs
The Assistant Secretary of Defense for International Security Affairs is a senior U.S. Department of Defense official responsible for overseeing defense policy and security relationships with foreign nations and international organizations.
B. United States Deputy Secretary of Defense
The United States Deputy Secretary of Defense is the second-highest-ranking official in the U.S. Department of Defense, responsible for overseeing its day-to-day operations and acting as the principal deputy to the Secretary of Defense.
C. Deputy Director for National Security
The Deputy Director for National Security is a senior leadership role within the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy responsible for coordinating national security-related science, technology, and innovation policy.
D. Under Secretary of Defense for Acquisition and Sustainment
The Under Secretary of Defense for Acquisition and Sustainment is a senior U.S. Department of Defense official responsible for overseeing military procurement, technology acquisition, logistics, and lifecycle sustainment of defense systems.
E. Under Secretary of Defense for Intelligence and Security
The Under Secretary of Defense for Intelligence and Security is the senior civilian official in the U.S. Department of Defense responsible for overseeing and integrating defense intelligence, counterintelligence, and security activities across the military and defense agencies.
F. None of above. chosen
G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.

NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Under Secretary of Defense for Policy
Target entity description: The Under Secretary of Defense for Policy is a senior civilian official in the U.S. Department of Defense responsible for developing and overseeing national defense policy and strategic guidance.

A. Assistant Secretary of Defense for International Security Affairs
The Assistant Secretary of Defense for International Security Affairs is a senior U.S. Department of Defense official responsible for overseeing defense policy and security relationships with foreign nations and international organizations.
B. United States Deputy Secretary of Defense
The United States Deputy Secretary of Defense is the second-highest-ranking official in the U.S. Department of Defense, responsible for overseeing its day-to-day operations and acting as the principal deputy to the Secretary of Defense.
C. Deputy Director for National Security
The Deputy Director for National Security is a senior leadership role within the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy responsible for coordinating national security-related science, technology, and innovation policy.
D. Under Secretary of Defense for Acquisition and Sustainment
The Under Secretary of Defense for Acquisition and Sustainment is a senior U.S. Department of Defense official responsible for overseeing military procurement, technology acquisition, logistics, and lifecycle sustainment of defense systems.
E. Under Secretary of Defense for Intelligence and Security
The Under Secretary of Defense for Intelligence and Security is the senior civilian official in the U.S. Department of Defense responsible for overseeing and integrating defense intelligence, counterintelligence, and security activities across the military and defense agencies.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (47)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	United States federal government position ⓘ civilian office ⓘ
advises	Deputy Secretary of Defense on policy matters ⓘ Secretary of Defense on policy matters ⓘ
alternateName	USD(P) ⓘ Undersecretary of Defense for Policy ⓘ linked to: Under Secretary of Defense for Policy
appointmentRequires	advice and consent of the United States Senate ⓘ
coordinatesWith	National Security Council ⓘ linked to: National Security Council of the United States U.S. Department of State ⓘ linked to: United States Department of State U.S. Intelligence Community ⓘ linked to: United States Intelligence Community
country	United States of America ⓘ
fieldOfWork	defense policy ⓘ military strategy ⓘ national security ⓘ
hasAbbreviation	USD(P) ⓘ
hasAuthorityOver	Defense Planning Guidance preparation ⓘ development of Department of Defense policy guidance ⓘ policy aspects of defense cooperation with allies ⓘ
isCivilian	true ⓘ
jurisdiction	U.S. federal government ⓘ linked to: United States government
legalBasis	Title 10 of the United States Code ⓘ
locatedIn	The Pentagon ⓘ linked to: Pentagon
memberOf	Office of the Secretary of Defense ⓘ
nominatedBy	President of the United States ⓘ
oversees	Assistant Secretaries of Defense for Policy-related portfolios ⓘ Office of the Under Secretary of Defense for Policy ⓘ
partOf	United States Department of Defense ⓘ linked to: Department of Defense
playsRoleIn	Quadrennial Defense Review processes (or equivalent strategic reviews) ⓘ formulation of contingency and war plans policy ⓘ formulation of rules of engagement policy ⓘ
positionEstablishedBy	United States federal statute ⓘ
rank	Level III of the Executive Schedule ⓘ senior civilian official ⓘ
reportsTo	United States Secretary of Defense ⓘ
responsibleFor	conventional arms control policy ⓘ defense policy development ⓘ defense policy planning ⓘ defense strategy ⓘ international security policy ⓘ missile defense policy ⓘ national security policy formulation ⓘ nuclear policy ⓘ regional defense policy ⓘ strategic defense guidance ⓘ
sector	defense ⓘ
supervises	policy directorates within the Office of the Secretary of Defense ⓘ
workLocation	Arlington, Virginia ⓘ

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Referenced by (29)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Assistant Secretary of Defense for International Security Affairs → reportsTo → Under Secretary of Defense for Policy ⓘ

Assistant Secretary of Defense for International Security Affairs → advises → Under Secretary of Defense for Policy ⓘ

Assistant Secretary of Defense for International Security Affairs → isSubordinateTo → Under Secretary of Defense for Policy ⓘ

Office of the Under Secretary of Defense for Policy → headOfGovernmentBody → Under Secretary of Defense for Policy ⓘ

Paul Wolfowitz → positionHeld → Under Secretary of Defense for Policy ⓘ

United States Department of Defense position → hasPart → Under Secretary of Defense for Policy ⓘ

subject linked to: United States Department of Defense positions

Under Secretary of Defense for Policy → alternateName → Undersecretary of Defense for Policy ⓘ

linked to: Under Secretary of Defense for Policy

Office of the Assistant Secretary of Defense for International Security Affairs → subordinateTo → Under Secretary of Defense for Policy ⓘ

International Security Affairs staff → subordinateTo → Under Secretary of Defense for Policy ⓘ

ASD(ISA) → reportsTo → Under Secretary of Defense for Policy ⓘ

ASD(ISA) → advises → Under Secretary of Defense for Policy ⓘ

International Security Affairs directorates within OSD → supports → Under Secretary of Defense for Policy ⓘ

International Security Affairs directorates within OSD → reportsThrough → Under Secretary of Defense for Policy ⓘ

Assistant Secretary of Defense for Special Operations and Low-Intensity Conflict → reportsTo → Under Secretary of Defense for Policy ⓘ

Assistant Secretary of Defense for Special Operations and Low-Intensity Conflict → advises → Under Secretary of Defense for Policy ⓘ

Assistant Secretary of Defense for Homeland Defense and Hemispheric Affairs → reportsTo → Under Secretary of Defense for Policy ⓘ

Assistant Secretary of Defense for Space Policy → reportsTo → Under Secretary of Defense for Policy ⓘ

Assistant Secretary of Defense for Space Policy → advises → Under Secretary of Defense for Policy ⓘ

Assistant Secretary of Defense for Cyber Policy → reportsTo → Under Secretary of Defense for Policy ⓘ

Office of the Under Secretary of Defense for Policy → headOfGovernmentDepartment → Under Secretary of Defense for Policy ⓘ

subject linked to: OUSD(P)

Assistant Secretary of Defense for Strategy, Plans, and Capabilities → reportsTo → Under Secretary of Defense for Policy ⓘ

Assistant Secretary of Defense for Strategy, Plans, and Capabilities → advises → Under Secretary of Defense for Policy ⓘ

Assistant Secretary of Defense for Indo-Pacific Security Affairs → reportsTo → Under Secretary of Defense for Policy ⓘ

Assistant Secretary of Defense for Indo-Pacific Security Affairs → advises → Under Secretary of Defense for Policy on Indo-Pacific matters ⓘ

linked to: Under Secretary of Defense for Policy

Deputy Under Secretary of Defense for Policy → reportsTo → Under Secretary of Defense for Policy ⓘ

Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for International Security Affairs → reportsTo → Under Secretary of Defense for Policy ⓘ

Assistant Secretary of Defense → isSubordinateTo → Under Secretary of Defense for Policy ⓘ

Under Secretary of Defense → hasSubPosition → Under Secretary of Defense for Policy ⓘ

Defense Institute of Security Cooperation Studies → underAuthorityOf → Under Secretary of Defense for Policy ⓘ

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