Hegseth’s Bruising 72-Hour Debut Overseas
In all, it was a bruising, 72-hour crash course in the geopolitical realities of a job that critics complain Mr. Hegseth, a ...
Hegseth Orders Pentagon to Draw Up Plans for Cuts
The defense secretary has told senior leaders to prepare to trim 8 percent from the budget over each of the next five years, ...
Firing of Joint Chiefs Chairman and Others Draws Criticism
Democratic lawmakers and retired military officers expressed concern about the politicization of the military under President ...
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A New Kind of Defense Secretary Saves His Ammunition for Domestic Enemies
Pete Hegseth has spent much of his first weeks in office focused on culture wars while saying little about America’s adversaries. By Helene Cooper Eric Schmitt and John Ismay Reporting from ...
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No Tubman, No Rainbows: Defense Schools Prepared for Hegseth’s Wife
An expected visit from Pete Hegseth’s wife intensified that effort. By Jeanna Smialek and Eric Schmitt Jeanna Smialek and Eric Schmitt reported from Washington. Harriet Tubman posters ...
Hegseth Calls for 8 Percent Annual Defense Cut
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth has ordered senior military and Defense Department officials to draw up plans to cut 8 percent ...
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Defense Secretary Vows to Use Thousands of Active-Duty Troops to Secure Border
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth and Thomas D. Homan, President Trump’s border czar, toured areas near Mexico. By Reyes Mata III and Eric Schmitt Reyes Mata III reported from the southwestern U.S ...
Defense Department to Cut Over 5,000 Workers
The department has more than 945,000 civilian employees. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth has said 17 specific missions, such ...
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Trump Orders Airstrikes Against Islamic State in Somalia
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth said that “multiple operatives” had been killed in remote mountains in the country’s north. By Eric Schmitt Reporting from Washington President Trump ordered ...