Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth has directed senior Pentagon officials and military leaders to forge plans that would result ...

The security detail for former Secretary of Defense Mark Esper ... Brian Hook and former national security adviser John Bolton were also recently removed. Last month, when asked by a reporter ...

Pete Hegseth has spent much of his first weeks in office focused on culture wars while saying little about America’s ...

Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth is bringing the name Bragg back to one of the Army’s largest bases, Fort Liberty, which ...

The 51-50 decision came after three Republicans voted against Hegseth. Vice President JD Vance had to cast the tiebreaking vote.

Pete Hegseth was sworn in to lead the Department of Defense on Saturday, after a narrow vote in the Senate. The vote on Friday night was initially 50-50, with Vice President JD Vance then casting the ...

Pete Hegseth squeaked through his Senate confirmation on Friday and became America’s new secretary of defense ... Murkowski and Collins were looking for. Esper is the kind of guy who gets ...

of Defense," Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth wrote in a post ... surrounded by his wife and children. Hegseth is a former Minnesota National Guard officer who served in Iraq and Afghanistan and ...

The Senate narrowly voted Friday to confirm President Trump’s nominee for secretary of defense ... if harm befalls former government officials whose security details were cut by his ...

Then, about a week ago, Salesses recalls, one of his other sons told him something interesting: "Bob" was in line to serve as acting U.S. Secretary of Defense ... But they were exposed to it ...

WASHINGTON (AP) — Defense Secretary ... clearances for other former officials in his first administration who also were facing threats from Iran, including former Secretary of State Mike Pompeo ...