launch on warningA personal history of how former US Defense Secretary William J. Perry's thinking on nuclear weapons has evolved from Hiroshima to the present time.doi:10.1080/00963402.2020.1846408William J. PerryBulletin of the Atomic Scientists
About 1.3 million active-duty personnel serve in the U.S. military, Department of Defense data shows. While transgender rights advocates say as many as 15,000 service members are transgender, U.S. officials say the number is in the low thousands. There is no data that tracks transgend...
The order Trump signed in February said copper plays a vital role in U.S. defense, infrastructure and emerging technologies, and it ordered Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick to investigate “actions to mitigate such threats, including potential tariffs.” Wooden prod...
South Sudan. The Central African Republic (CAR). The Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC). Sudan. Chad. Five of the world’s least stable nations, as ranked by the Washington, D.C.-based organization the Fund for Peace, are home to people who travel to other countries to kill elephan...
The United States secretary of defense leads all military branches of service. He is appointed by the president, supports the military mission set by the president and serves as his top military policy adviser. The secretary of defense also heads the Pen
In 1997, Assistant Secretary of the Air Force for Space, Keith R. Hall, said, "With regard to space dominance, we have it, we like it and we're going to keep it." The Pentagon has said that as space enterprises begin to gain commercial advantage, there will be those who try to ...
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2 of 2 | FILE - Kash Patel, former chief of staff to Acting Secretary of Defense Christopher Miller, speaks at a rally in Minden, Nev., Oct. 8, 2022. (AP Photo/José Luis Villegas, File) By ERIC TUCKER Updated 1:55 AM GMT+8, December 4, 2024 Share WASHINGTON (AP) — Kash...
Global leaders have been scrambling to prevent an escalation. US Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin spoke twice with his Israeli counterpart, Israeli Defense Minister Yoav Gallant, according to two US defense officials. The official would not specify when the calls took place. Thoug...
Now Hegseth, his wife and their seven children may have to relocate again, this time to Washington, DC. On Tuesday evening, President-elect Donald Trump said Hegseth is his pick for Defense Secretary – a decision that shocked even some of his friends at Fox. ...