[meandog]

The worst Secdef in my lifetime.

1. Simon Cameron
2. Robert S. McNamara
3. Donald Rumsfeld

[Alter Kaker]

The worst Secdef in my lifetime.

1. Simon Cameron 2. Robert S. McNamara 3. Donald Rumsfeld

I thought I was old. But you're really old. Simon Cameron predates even me.

[rahbert]

My choice for worst SoD is Louis Johnson (Truman appointee).

[Tammy8]

Cameron and Rumsfeld didn’t even start to be bad enough to be included with McNamara- he is in a class all by himself.

[Hat-Trick]

I would make some room for Les Aspin on that list, maybe not top 3, but definitely top 5.

[Freds2nd]

The worst Secdef in my lifetime.

1. Simon Cameron
2. Robert S. McNamara
3. Donald Rumsfeld

Where would Les Aspin fit on this list? He denied armored vehicles to our troops in Somalia. We are very fortunate for his short tenure as SecDef.

[IbJensen]

4. Hitlery Rotham Clinton.

[dervish]

Harold Brown was the worst by a landslide.

[rdl6989]

Simon Cameron (March 8, 1799 – June 26, 1889) was a Lincoln appointee. :D

[magellan]

1. Simon Cameron
2. Robert S. McNamara
3. Donald Rumsfeld

You forgot Les Aspin of Blackhawk Down fame and the spineless William Cohen.

I always refer to Cohen as the Undersecretary of State for Military Matters, because Madeleine Albright ran defense policy during Cohen's tenure.