The US Senate on Saturday confirmed Pete Hegseth as Secretary of Defense, following a 50-50 tie vote that was broken by Vice President J.D. Vance, who cast the deciding vote in favor of Hegseth's ...

Hegseth has criticized diversity, equity and inclusion initiatives in the military, and, in his latest book, asked whether the top US general has the job because he is Black ... President Joe Biden's ...

Former President Joe Biden's defense secretary, Lloyd Austin, was confirmed by a 93-2 vote in 2021, and Jim Mattis, Trump's first defense secretary in his last administration, was confirmed 98-1 ...

To much fanfare, the U.S. military bid farewell to the nation's 28th Secretary of Defense. Lloyd Austin ... the nation's first Black Secretary of Defense. During his time Austin oversaw the ...

WASHINGTON — Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin said farewell to his department Friday during an event that was filled with all the pomp and circumstance one would expect for a four-star general who ...

Copyright 2025 The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved. Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin speaks during a Department of Defense Commander in Chief farewell ceremony at ...

Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin speaks during a Department of Defense Commander in Chief farewell ceremony at Joint Base Myer-Henderson Hall, Thursday, Jan. 16, 2025, in Arlington, Va. (AP Photo ...

WASHINGTON (AP) — Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin will bid farewell Friday to ... making history as the nation’s first Black defense secretary. He took the helm of the Pentagon at the height ...

WASHINGTON (AP) — Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin ... moment’s notice.” Austin retired from the Army in 2016 only to be asked to return to the Pentagon by President Joe Biden in 2021, making history as ...