Shanahan, a former Boeing executive, had served as deputy defense secretary and stepped into the role in an "acting" capacity on Jan. 1 after Mattis resigned over policy differences with the ...

President Donald Trump suggested changing the name of Defense Department back to its pre-World War II moniker as the War Department, after the success in bombing Iran’s nuclear facilities.

In an interview with CBS News' Ed O'Keefe, Chuck Hagel, a former Republican senator and Army veteran who served as defense secretary in the Obama administration, said his greatest concern about ...

As Pete Hegseth sends Marines into L.A. and prepares for possible war with Iran, his Pentagon is beset by infighting over leaks, drugs, and socks. How long will Trump stand by his man?

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth said FOX News Pentagon reporter Jennifer Griffin is "about the worst" when it comes to "misrepresenting, intentionally" waht the administration says: REPORTER ...

U.S. Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth is set to hold a news conference Sunday morning to discuss President Donald Trump’s decision to strike a trio of Iranian nuclear sites.

The Pentagon is reviewing the AUKUS security pact between the U.S., the United Kingdom and Australia, USNI News has learned. The Office of the Secretary of Defense is conducting a review of the ...

WASHINGTON, March 27, 2011— -- Secretary of Defense Robert Gates said that Libya did not pose a threat to the United States before the U.S. began its military campaign against the North ...

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth faced questioning from members of Congress last week on the military deployment in California. U.S. Rep. Maggie Goodlander pressed Hegseth on the issues of ...

Two big oddities infused Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth’s testimony as he made the rounds on Capitol Hill this week to justify the Pentagon’s budget request to appropriators: first, the ...

Department of Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth testifies before the House Committee on Appropriations subcommittee oversight hearing on Capitol Hill in Washington, Tuesday, June 10, 2025. (Jose Luis ...