The Senate wants to increase funding for Ukraine's military by $200 million after Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth paused Ukraine aid.

Pete Hegseth, a former Fox News personality, was confirmed as the new Secretary of Defense after Vice President J.D. Vance cast the tie-breaking vote. Hegseth faced a sexual assault allegation and ...

A current adviser to Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth alerted senior officials in the Trump administration of the use of ...

WASHINGTON, D.C. — Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth has directed a sweeping review of military standards across all branches, aiming to reinforce the United States military’s readiness and ...

He served as secretary of defense from 2013 to 2015. Before that, he served a dozen years in the U.S. Senate as a Republican senator from Nebraska. Secretary Hagel, great to speak with you again.

The secretary is responsible for making sure those people are able to do their jobs – which, collectively, is to defend the United States, the American people and U.S. interests. READ MORE: What ...

The secretary is responsible for making sure those people are able to do their jobs – which, collectively, is to defend the United States, the American people and U.S. interests.

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 ...

Hezbollah’s attacks on northern Israel and Houthi attacks on international shipping risk a much broader Middle East war, potentially involving the United States. We seem to be careening toward ...

He became the top commander of American forces in Iraq in 2010, when the United States still had roughly 50,000 service members there, and oversaw their withdrawal.

President-elect Joe Biden has named retired Army Gen. Lloyd Austin as his nominee for secretary of defense, the Biden transition team announced Tuesday.. The former commander of the US Central ...

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 ...