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The Mexican Secretariat of National Defense (Spanish: Secretaría de la Defensa Nacional SEDENA) is the government department responsible for managing Mexico’s Army and Air Forces. Its head is the Secretary of National Defense who like the co-equal Secretary of the Navy reports directly to the President. Before 1937 the position was called the Secretary of War and Navy (Secretaría de Guerra y Marina). The agency has its headquarters in Lomas de Sotelo Miguel Hidalgo Mexico City.