Born in 1943 in Wichita, Kansas, Robert Gates studied history at William and Mary ... 2006 was plucked from the presidency of Texas A&M University to become US secretary of defense, his chief ...

WASHINGTON, Feb 2 (Reuters) - U.S. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth's first trip since taking office will be to the United States' border with Mexico on Monday, in the latest sign that fortifying ...

Following his confirmation, Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth is poised to be one of modern history’s most transformative national security leaders. In past decades, the Pentagon — steered by ...

EL PASO, Texas (KTSM) — U.S. Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth will visit Fort Bliss and the southern border on Monday, Feb. 3, Fort Bliss announced. Hegseth will visit Joint Task Force North, which ...

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth said Friday that "all options will be on the table" when asked by former colleagues on the "Fox & Friends" TV show whether the military is now permitted to strike ...

WASHINGTON - US Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth’s first trip since taking office will be to the United States’ border with Mexico on Feb 3, in the latest sign that fortifying the border will be ...

US Defense Secretary Hegseth to Visit Border on First Trip By Idrees Ali and Phil Stewart WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth's first trip since taking office will be to the ...

Pete Hegseth, confirmed by the Senate as Defense secretary Friday night in a 51-50 vote, with Vice President JD Vance breaking the tie, takes over leadership of the Pentagon at a time of great ...

PANAMA CITY — Marco Rubio’s weekend visit to Panama is set to offer clues to a pressing question: whether the next four years ...

As Robert F. Kennedy Jr.'s confirmation hearings ... contingency fees while serving as Health and Human Services secretary raises questions as a matter of ethics and policy, according to Kathleen ...

faced criticism from fellow Republicans after he suggested his vote for Robert F. Kennedy Jr. as ... and Susan Collins of Maine voted against Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth's nomination.