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===Creating the position of Chief of Naval Operations (1915)=== | ===Creating the position of Chief of Naval Operations (1915)=== | ||
[[File:Josephus Daniels 1.jpg|thumb|upright|Secretary of the Navy [[Josephus Daniels]]]] | [[File:Josephus Daniels 1.jpg|thumb|upright|Secretary of the Navy [[Josephus Daniels]]]] | ||
In 1914, Fiske, frustrated at Daniels' ambivalence towards his opinion that the Navy was unprepared for the possibility of entry into | In 1914, Fiske, frustrated at Daniels' ambivalence towards his opinion that the Navy was unprepared for the possibility of entry into World War I, bypassed the secretary to collaborate with Representative [[Richmond P. Hobson]], a retired Navy admiral, to draft legislation providing for the office of "a chief of naval operations".{{sfn|Hone|Utz|p=14}} The preliminary proposal (passed off as Hobson's own to mask Fiske's involvement), in spite of Daniels' opposition, passed Hobson's subcommittee unanimously on 4 January 1915,{{sfn|Hone|Utz|p=14}} and passed the full [[House Committee on Naval Affairs]] on 6 January.{{sfn|Hone|Utz|p=14-15}} | ||
Fiske's younger supporters expected him to be named the first chief of naval operations,{{sfn|Hone|Utz|p=15}} and his versions of the bill provided for the minimum rank of the officeholder to be a two-star rear admiral.{{sfn|Hone|Utz|p=15}} | Fiske's younger supporters expected him to be named the first chief of naval operations,{{sfn|Hone|Utz|p=15}} and his versions of the bill provided for the minimum rank of the officeholder to be a two-star rear admiral.{{sfn|Hone|Utz|p=15}} | ||
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| alt_officeholder2 = [[W. Graham Claytor Jr.]] | | alt_officeholder2 = [[W. Graham Claytor Jr.]] | ||
| cabinet = [[James R. Schlesinger]] | | cabinet = [[James R. Schlesinger]] | ||
| cabinet2 = | | cabinet2 = Donald Rumsfeld | ||
| cabinet3 = [[Harold Brown (Secretary of Defense)|Harold Brown]] | | cabinet3 = [[Harold Brown (Secretary of Defense)|Harold Brown]] | ||
| ref = <ref name="CNOList"/> | | ref = <ref name="CNOList"/> | ||
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| alt_officeholder2 = [[Gordon R. England]] | | alt_officeholder2 = [[Gordon R. England]] | ||
| cabinet = [[William Cohen]] | | cabinet = [[William Cohen]] | ||
| cabinet2 = | | cabinet2 = Donald Rumsfeld | ||
| ref = <ref name="CNOList"/> | | ref = <ref name="CNOList"/> | ||
}} | }} | ||
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| alt_officeholder = [[Gordon R. England]] | | alt_officeholder = [[Gordon R. England]] | ||
| alt_officeholder2 = [[Donald C. Winter]] | | alt_officeholder2 = [[Donald C. Winter]] | ||
| cabinet = | | cabinet = Donald Rumsfeld | ||
| cabinet2 = [[Robert Gates]] | | cabinet2 = [[Robert Gates]] | ||
| ref = <ref name="CNOList"/> | | ref = <ref name="CNOList"/> | ||