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Austin, the First Black Defense Secretary, Ends His Term

Defense Secretary Austin’s secrecy around his hospitalizations increased the risks to national security, watchdog says

The secrecy surrounding Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin’s hospitalizations in late 2023 and early 2024 “increased unnecessarily” the risks to US national security, the Pentagon’s inspector general concluded in a report released on Wednesday.

ABC · 1d

Austin, the first Black defense secretary, ends his term marred by Afghanistan but buoyed by Ukraine

Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin is bidding farewell to the forces and personnel he's led through a tumultuous term

Defense News · 1d

Lloyd Austin ends term marred by Afghanistan but buoyed by Ukraine

Defense Secretary Austin will bid farewell Friday following a term that included three major military crises, a global pandemic and a brush with cancer.

foxbaltimore · 1d

Defense Secretary Austin bids farewell, reflects on term marked by crises and change

Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin bid farewell Friday to the forces and personnel he has led through a tumultuous term that had three major military crises, a global pandemic and a personal brush with cancer that became a flashpoint for the way it was mishandled.

Pete Hegseth, secretary of defense

USA Today · 1d

Louisiana Senator Bill Cassidy makes decision on Trump nominee Hegseth for defense secretary

Combat veteran and former Fox News host Pete Hegseth is among President-elect Trump's more controversial cabinet nominees.

Yahoo · 12d

Does Pete Hegseth Have What It Takes to be Secretary of Defense?

THE SENATE ARMED SERVICES COMMITTEE is scheduled to hold a hearing for Pete Hegseth, President-elect Trump’s choice for secretary of defense, on January 14. There are few positions as important as the one Hegseth seeks.

ucsusa.org · 6d

Hegseth Unqualified for Secretary of Defense, Science Group Says

The defense secretary job is as difficult as it is critical. Pete Hegseth, a television presenter and author, doesn’t have the qualifications to perform this role

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Secretary of defense must perform a ‘delicate dance’ between the president, Congress and the public

Senate confirmation hearings are slated to begin on Jan. 14, 2025, for Pete Hegseth, whom President-elect Donald Trump has ...

Shaheen grills Trump Defense Secretary pick Pete Hegseth at confirmation hearing

Why should women in our military, if you were the Secretary of Defense, believe that they would have a fair shot and an equal ...

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Sen. Joni Ernst officially backs Pete Hegseth for top Pentagon post: ‘Americans deserve a strong Secretary of Defense’

Ernst, an Army veteran and rape survivor, had previously expressed concerns over Hegseth’s past comments about women in ...

Cheyenne Roche: Pete Hegseth grossly under qualified for secretary of defense

As early as Monday, the Senate will vote on whether or not to confirm Pete Hegseth as the next secretary of defense. The secretary of defense oversees the Defense Department, acting as the principal ...

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What does the defense secretary do?

During the Obama administration, Farkas was a deputy assistant secretary of defense with a focus on ... is to defend the United States, the American people and U.S. interests.

Yahoo Finance4d

Secretary of Defense hearing, US dollar strength: Asking for a Trend

while Christopher Kirchhoff, founder of the Pentagon's Silicon Valley office, examines nominee Pete Hegseth's Secretary of Defense hearing.

Defense secretary nominee Pete Hegseth faces fierce hearing, with Reed and Democratic women senators leading the opposition

None of the 13 Democrats on the Armed Services Committee appeared to believe Hegseth, an Army veteran and Fox News ...

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