Secretary of Defense

"Mark Esper has been terminated," Trump tweeted.November 9, 2020, 9:43 PM• 7 min readShare to FacebookShare to TwitterEmail this articleAs many had expected, President Donald Trump on Monday said, in a tweet, that he had fired Defense…

WASHINGTON – A woman may serve as secretary of the Army in the Department of Defense for the first time.President Joe Biden will tap Christine Wormuth, a former adviser for the  Defense Department during former President Barack Obama's…

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In his first major speech as Pentagon chief, Lloyd Austin on Friday called for developing a “new vision” for American defense in the face of emerging cyber and space threats and the prospect of fighting bigger wars. Reflecting President…

SINGAPORE (Reuters) - U.S. Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin will attend the Shangri-La Dialogue Asian security summit due to be held in Singapore next month, organisers said, after the annual meeting was cancelled last year due to the…

NEW DELHI (AP) — Top defense officials from India and the United States pledged Saturday to expand their military engagement, underscoring the strengthening defense ties between two countries concerned over China’s growing influence in…

Lloyd Austin, U.S. secretary of defense, speaks during an event in the State Dining Room of the White House in Washington, D.C., on Monday, March 8, 2021.Kevin Dietsch | Bloomberg | Getty ImagesU.S. Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin will…

Defense Secretary Mark Esper, here at a Pentagon press conference in March, says he does not support…

WASHINGTON — Former Secretary of Defense James Mattis ripped into his former boss President Donald Trump in a scathing Wednesday night statement. "Donald Trump is the first president in my lifetime who does not try to unite the American…

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