Robert Salesses will serve as acting defense secretary until President Donald Trump's choice for the position, Pete Hegseth, ...

Robert Salesses is a retired Marine who served in the Gulf War and has been deputy director of the Pentagon’s Washington ...

Robert Salesses will serve as acting defense secretary until President Donald Trump's choice for the position, Pete Hegseth, ...

Robert Salesses will serve as acting defense secretary until President Donald Trump's choice for the position, Pete Hegseth, ...

Iowa's Republican U.S. Sen. Joni Ernst said Tuesday she will vote to confirm Pete Hegseth to lead the U.S. Department of ...

Pete Hegseth possesses the skills, vision, and experience needed to guide the Department of Defense through a critical time ...

President Donald Trump has named an acting defense secretary because his choice to lead the Pentagon, Pete Hegseth, has not ...

The secretary is responsible for making sure those people are able to do their jobs – which, collectively, is to defend the ...

WASHINGTON — The Pentagon Inspector General released a scathing report Wednesday about Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin’s failure to alert the White House and his senior staff about his ...

Ernst, an Army veteran and rape survivor, had previously expressed concerns over Hegseth’s past comments about women in ...

As early as Monday, the Senate will vote on whether or not to confirm Pete Hegseth as the next secretary of defense. The secretary of defense oversees the Defense Department, acting as the principal ...

Pete Hegseth faced intense scrutiny from senators during his confirmation hearing for Secretary of Defense, addressing ...