I would support you to be spokesperson for the Pentagon,” Connecticut Sen. Richard Blumenthal acidly told Pete Hegseth during ...

To counter risk from adversaries like Russia, China, Iran, North Korea, and proxies such as the Houthis and Hamas, we maintain the Department of Defense. The DOD includes the Joint Chiefs of Staff, ...

Austin retired from the Army in 2016 only to be asked to return to the Pentagon by President Joe Biden in 2021, making ...

Defense Secretary Austin will bid farewell Friday following a term that included three major military crises, a global ...

WASHINGTON (AP) — Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin will bid farewell Friday to ... troops from the front in the initial 2003 invasion of Iraq. He is one of the many Pentagon leaders who have ...

Current Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin, a retired Army four-star general, also commanded troops in Iraq and Afghanistan and was awarded a Silver Star, the nation's third-highest award for valor ...

Hegseth's confirmation is a narrow victory for Trump and supporters who want to see a warrior and change agent lead the ...

Sen. Blumenthal grilled SecDef nominee Pete Hegseth on his qualifications despite reaffirming current support for the job SecDef Lloyd Austin has done.

U.S. Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin has said American troops must ... that enacted what it called its own "caliphate" in parts of Iraq and Syria during the mid-2010s, enslaving and killing thousands.

Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin is bidding farewell to the forces ... troops from the front in the initial 2003 invasion of Iraq. He is one of the many Pentagon leaders who have served in combat ...

WASHINGTON, Jan 15 (Reuters) - An investigation released on Wednesday into U.S. Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin's secret 2024 ... Ukraine, Syria, Iraq, Pakistan, Russia, Saudi Arabia, China and ...