During a phone call, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy and US President Donald Trump discussed, among other things, the ...

Former FOX News personality Pete Hegseth was sworn in as U.S. Defense Secretary by Vice President JD Vance on January 25, 2025, in Washington D.C.

The National Security Act also created the United States Air Force, also under the purview of the secretary of defense. The Department of Defense would gain its current name when the National ...

Former Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice said the United States and Israel’s strikes on Iran’s nuclear facilities are a ...

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth said leaker of initial intel assessment wanted to "make it look like this historic strike wasn't successful." Jun 26 Iranian nuclear sites damaged, not destroyed ...

United States Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin told a gathering of top security officials Saturday that war with China was neither imminent nor unavoidable, despite rapidly escalating tensions in ...

The Pentagon is reviewing AUKUS, a strategic military deal between the United States, Britain and Australia. Australian ...

ANDERSEN AIR FORCE BASE, Guam – U.S. Secretary of Defense Dr. Mark T. Esper visited service members and conducted a bilateral engagement with the Japanese Defense Minister Kono Taro here Aug. 29 ...

VICTORVILLE, CALIF. -- United States Secretary of Defense Chuck Hagel arrives in California to be escorted by helicopters from 2nd General Support Aviation Battalion, 4th Aviation Regiment, 4th ...

Biden's nomination of General Lloyd Austin for Secretary of Defense is not a good idea. The Founders sought to keep the profession of arms out of politics for a reason.

Today, I ask Lloyd Austin to once more take on a mission for the United States of America—this time as the secretary-designate of the Department of Defense. I know he will do an outstanding job.

Donald Rumsfeld, a forceful U.S. defense secretary who was the main architect of the Iraq war until President George W. Bush replaced him as the United States found itself bogged down after 3-1/2 ...