Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth, who was sworn in on Saturday, issued a statement outlining his top priorities for the Pentagon under President Trump. “It is the privilege of a lifetime to ...

The premise of aiming to affect, influence and control will and perception must be the key to a strategy of shock and awe.

Pete Hegseth was confirmed as defense secretary late Friday by the U.S. Senate after Vice President JD Vance broke a 50-50 tie as Senate president.

The Defense Department’s responsibility ... Different secretaries do a better job at that than others. Secretary Donald Rumsfeld often would annoy members of Congress because he knew there ...

For the last 50 years, almost every nominee to lead the Pentagon has been a consensus pick who drew lopsided margins of support in the Senate. Pete Hegseth’s nomination has been a notable exception.

US Defence Secretary Donald Rumsfeld helped Saddam Hussein build up his arsenal of deadly chemical and biological weapons, it was revealed last night. As an envoy from President Reagan 19 years ...

A divided Senate voted 51-50 on Friday, with Vice President JD Vance casting the tie-breaking vote, to confirm Pete Hegseth ...

Take for example Donald Rumsfeld, who at 43 was the youngest-ever defense secretary when he first took the helm of the Pentagon in 1975. By then Rumsfeld, also a Princeton graduate, had been an ...