Who’s Running the Defense Department?
The key criteria for those in the top-tier positions appear to be loyalty, wealth, and ideological fervor, not competence.
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Retired Army Chemical Corps colonel named 20th CBRNE Command Defender of Liberty
The U.S. Department of Defense’s premier Chemical, Biological, Radiological, Nuclear, Explosives (CBRNE) Command selected a ...
Maj.-Gen. Eyal Zamir appointed as new IDF chief, succeeding Herzi Halevi
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 ...
Defense Secretary Hegseth: We Welcome DOGE At DOD, It's Long Overdue
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth told FNC's Maria Bartiromo on "Sunday Morning Futures" that the Pentagon will "welcome" DOGE's effort to find wasted and misused funds in the defense budget. MARIA ...
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NATO allies await US defense secretary’s visit, the first by a member of the Trump administration
Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth responds to a reporter's question before the start of a meeting with visiting Australian Deputy Prime Minister and Defense Minister Richard Marles at the Pentagon ...
Trump revokes security clearances for former secretary of state and former national security adviser
The move came a day after Trump said he had revoked security clearance for Biden, who is the former U.S. president ...
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Pentagon yanks former Secretary of Defense Mark Esper’s security detail: report
Last month, Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth stripped former Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Gen. Mark Milley of his security detail and clearance. Getty Images “There’s nothing stopping t ...
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Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth visits southern border. Here's the latest.
Fort Bliss officials confirmed that U.S. Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth was visiting ... Hegseth also served in multiple staff positions in the National Guard," according to his biography.