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

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

Mitch McConnell (R-KY) voted not to confirm Pete Hegseth as secretary for the Department ... Caspar Weinberger, or Robert Gates. “Mere desire to be a ‘change agent’ is not enough to fill ...

It's been a proud couple of days for Warren's John J. Salesses, father of the acting secretary of defense, Robert G. Salesses ...

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 ...

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 Salesses will serve as the acting defense secretary until President Donald Trump's nominee, Pete Hegseth, gets confirmed by the Senate.

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 during ...

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 Salesses will serve as acting defense secretary until President Donald Trump's choice for the position, Pete Hegseth, ...

WASHINGTON (dpa-AFX) - President Donald Trump has named Robert Salesses as Acting Secretary of Defense pending the confirmation of Pete Hegseth for the post. The Senate Armed Services Committee ...