“I think Trump was tired of fighting with his secretaries of Defense and picked one who would be loyal to him,” Cancian said. Military officials said the choice came out of the blue. A senior military officer, who spoke on condition of an...
Hegseth has "an excellent background as a junior officer but does not have the senior national security experience that secretaries need," Mark Cancian, a senior advisor at the Center for Strategic and International Studies, told The Associated Press, adding that the lack of experience might make...
President-elect Donald Trump is moving to build out his national security team, announcing he is nominating Fox News host and Army veteran Pete Hegseth to serve as his defense secretary and former Director of National Intelligence John Ratcliffe to lead
“I think Trump was tired of fighting with his secretaries of defense and picked one who would be loyal to him,” Cancian said. Military officials said the choice came out of the blue. A senior military officer, who spoke on condition of anonymity because they were not authorized...
“I think Trump was tired of fighting with his secretaries of defense and picked one who would be loyal to him,” Cancian said. Military officials said the choice came out of the blue. A senior military officer, who spoke on condition of anonymity because they were not authorized to talk...
Defense Secretary Mark Esper has prepared a letter of resignation, according to three current defense officials. It's not uncommon for Cabinet secretaries to prepare undated letters of resignation during a presidential transition, giving the commander in chief the chance to ...
His experience is also radically different from that of recent secretaries. Sec. Lloyd Austin entered the role with more than 40 years spent in the Army, ending as head of American forces in the Middle East. Trump’s first pick to the role in his last term was J...
"The situation at the border has now reached a point of crisis," Trump said in a memorandum to his secretaries of defense and homeland security and to his attorney general. "My administration has no choice but to act," he added.
“I think Trump was tired of fighting with his secretaries of defense and picked one who would be loyal to him,” Cancian said. Military officials said the choice came out of the blue. A senior military officer, who spoke on condition of anonymity because they were not authorized to t...
Secretary Kathleen Hicks, the deputy Defense secretary is in the line of succession after Austin, then the military services secretaries, followed by a handful of undersecretaries of defense. CLARIFICATION:This article has been updated to clarify that Democrats were frustrated Hegseth did not meet wit...