The department of defense is most closely connected with congress. the military. the executive branch. the president.

the military.

The Department of Defense creates policy and directs the military. The DoD is a cabinet position and the Secretary of Defense is appointed by the President.

The options to this question are a bit tricky. The president is the head of the Executive Branch and is responsible for appointing cabinet members such as the Secretary of Defense who runs the Department of Defense. The Department of Defense being a cabinet department is also a part of the Executive Branch as an advising department to the president. The military is the federal group that the Department of Defense is responsible for and conducts.

The Military

Explanation:

legislative branch:

one of the three branches of government divided between the senate and the house of representatives.

- creates or makes laws

- power to override a veto

executive branch:

one of the three branches of government, headed by the president.

- enforces or carries out laws

- power to veto a bill sent to it by congress

judicial branch:

one of the three branches of government, headed by the chief justice of the supreme court.

- interprets laws

- power to declare laws or actions by the government unconstitutional

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