Robert Salesses, a longtime assistant defense secretary, is now the acting defense secretary, Pentagon officials said.

The Pentagon on Monday swore in Robert G. Salesses as the acting secretary of Defense while President Trump’s nominee Pete ...

Duffey, Trump said in a December social media post, is the nominee to run the Pentagon’s office for acquisition and ...

Robert Salesses, deputy director of the Pentagon’s Washington Headquarters Service, will fill in as acting secretary of defense, and three other career Defense Department civilians will be ...

But Austin “did not transfer his authorities” during that period, the review found, nor did he inform Deputy Secretary of Defense Kathleen Hicks or his chief of staff of the procedures.

During the Obama administration, Farkas was a deputy assistant secretary of defense with a focus on Russia, Ukraine and Eurasia. Prior to that, she was a civilian adviser to the top military ...

Rebecca Bill Chavez has been appointed to the Senior Executive Service as deputy assistant secretary of defense for policy (Western hemisphere affairs), Washington, D.C.

Green, who are among the officials running the Pentagon, argued DoD should reduce its presence in Europe to focus on China.

Zamir came a close second to Halevi in the race for IDF chief in January 2023, in a pick made by then-defense minister Benny ...