What personal or professional attributes make for an effective defense secretary? I worked for four of them, three directly. Robert Gates had a high sense of empathy and lots of prior government ...

Sen. Mitch McConnell of Kentucky voted against President Donald Trump's nominee to be secretary of defense, Pete Hegseth.

Robert Gates had a high sense of empathy and lots ... so it takes a lot of patience and self control on the part of the secretary of defense to successfully maintain good relations, public and ...

Robert Gates had a high sense of empathy and lots ... so it takes a lot of patience and self control on the part of the secretary of defense to successfully maintain good relations, public and ...

Robert Gates had a high sense of empathy and lots of prior government ... so it takes a lot of patience and self control on the part of the secretary of defense to successfully maintain good relations ...

The outgoing defense secretary appointed by President Joe ... in a military branch include Les Aspin, Donald Rumsfeld, Robert Gates and Leon Panetta. Did Hegseth’s tattoos bar him from serving ...

President Barack Obama asked his Republican predecessor’s defense secretary, Robert Gates, to stay on as his own Pentagon leader in 2009. In 2017, Jim Mattis, Trump’s pick to be secretary ...

The outgoing defense secretary appointed by President Joe ... in a military branch include Les Aspin, Donald Rumsfeld, Robert Gates and Leon Panetta. Hegseth said at the hearing, “I also ...

In his Jan. 14 confirmation hearing, Pete Hegseth, President-elect Donald Trump's pick for defense secretary ... Donald Rumsfeld, Robert Gates and Leon Panetta. Did Hegseth’s tattoos bar ...