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The United States secretary of defense (acronym: SecDef) is the head of the United States Department of Defense (DoD), the executive department of the U.S. Armed Forces, and is a high-ranking member of the federal cabinet.
Republicans React To Pete Hegseth's Confirmation As Defense Secretary: 'He Is The Change Agent' Vance, the first vice president to have served as a Marine, was a combat correspondent from 2003 to ...
WASHINGTON – The Senate narrowly confirmed Pete Hegseth on Friday as secretary of Defense, a win for President Donald Trump's new administration after its 44-year-old nominee fended off ...
Lloyd James Austin III (born August 8, 1953) is a retired United States Army general who served as the 28th United States secretary of defense from 2021 to 2025 in the administration of President Joe Biden.
Shanahan withdrew from consideration for Secretary of Defense. [54] Deputy Secretary of Defense: July 19, 2017 January 1, 2019 Became Acting Secretary of Defense. Robert O. Work: May 1, 2014 July 14, 2017 Chief of Staff to the Secretary of Defense Kevin M. Sweeney January 23, 2017 January 5, 2019 [55] Eric Chewning: January 6, 2019 January 31 ...
The Senate confirmed former Fox News host Pete Hegseth as the nation’s next secretary of defense on Friday after weeks of debate about his slim qualifications and his alleged history of alcohol ...
Assistant to the Secretary of Defense for Public Affairs. Chris Meagher: September 9, 2022 — John Kirby [4] January 20, 2021 May 27, 2022 Appointed to the National Security Council as coordinator for strategic communications [5] — Department of Defense Press Secretary. Patrick S. Ryder [6] August 4, 2022 — — Chief of Staff to the ...
Pete Hegseth was sworn in to lead the Defense Department under the Trump administration Saturday morning after weeks of turmoil over allegations of sexual misconduct and an alleged past drinking ...