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The secretary of defense, appointed by the president with the advice and consent of the Senate, is by federal law (10 U.S.C. § 113) the head of the Department of Defense, "the principal assistant to the President in all matters relating to Department of Defense", and has "authority, direction and control over the Department of Defense".
Peter Brian Hegseth (/ ˈ h ɛ ɡ s ɛ θ /; born June 6, 1980) is an American author, television presenter, and Army veteran who is currently serving as the 29th United States secretary of defense since January 25, 2025, in the second administration of President Donald Trump.
Republicans React To Pete Hegseth's Confirmation As Defense Secretary: 'He Is The Change Agent' Vance, the first vice president to have served as a Marine, was a combat correspondent from 2003 to ...
Pete Hegseth, Donald Trump's nominee for US defence secretary, was confirmed by the Senate late on Friday night, after facing misconduct allegations that nearly derailed his confirmation. Vice ...
By 2019, the 27th secretary of defense had begun a line-by-line review of the defense budget; in 2020 the secretary identified items amounting to $5.7 billion, out of a $106 billion subtotal (the so-called "fourth estate" agencies such as missile defense, and defense intelligence, amounting to 16% of the defense budget), [35] [36] He will re ...
Vice President Vance on Friday broke a Senate tie to confirm Pete Hegseth as President Trump’s secretary of Defense, capping a bruising two-month fight over the nominee, who faced a litany of ...
Robert G. Salesses is Deputy Director of Washington Headquarters Services in the U.S. Department of Defense, who served as Acting Secretary of Defense in the Trump Administration from January 20, 2025 to January 25, 2025. [1] He was formerly a U.S. Marine Corps officer and has served in multiple positions in the Department of Defense.
Trump tapped him as the defense secretary to lead an organization with nearly 2.1 million service members, about 780,000 civilians and a budget of $850 billion.