Read about President Trump's appointment of Robert Salesses, a retired U.S. Marine Corps officer, as acting secretary of defense.

The Pentagon on Monday swore in Robert G. Salesses as the acting secretary of Defense while President Trump’s nominee Pete Hegseth awaits Senate confirmation. Salesses was sworn in just after noon, ...

had sought to keep his condition and the fact that he had been incapacitated while under general anesthesia secret from President Joe Biden and Deputy Defense Secretary Kathleen Hicks. Robert ...

The Pentagon inspector general found in its review of Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin's hospitalization last year that it "increased unnecessarily" the risks to national security, even if ...

Neither Austin’s chief of staff nor Deputy Defense Secretary Kathleen Hicks knew of his cancer diagnosis or the procedure he underwent in December 2023. In fact, OIG notes that "nearly all of ...

While the surgery was carried out under general anesthesia, he transferred his authority to the deputy secretary, but the inspector general’s report says he “did not inform her of the reason for the ...

During the Obama administration, Farkas was a deputy assistant secretary of defense with a focus on Russia, Ukraine and Eurasia. Prior to that, she was a civilian adviser to the top military ...

During the Obama administration, Farkas was a deputy assistant secretary of defense with a focus on Russia, Ukraine and Eurasia. Prior to that, she was a civilian adviser to the top military ...

Robert Salesses, deputy director of the Pentagon’s Washington Headquarters Service, will fill in as acting secretary ... Department of Defense and stands ready to support the current ...

The DoD OIG initiated this review on January 10, 2024, with two stated objectives. First, the review examined the processes, procedures, and actions related to the transfer of functions and duties ...

That is raising questions among current and former defense leaders ... ranks if confirmed as President-elect Donald Trump’s Defense secretary. Hegseth would oversee more than 2 million troops ...