The key criteria for those in the top-tier positions appear to be loyalty, wealth, and ideological fervor, not competence.

The event, hosted by the Rockefeller Center for Public Policy, drew 350 in-person and remote audience members.

FoRGED Act calls for the most sweeping defense acquisition reform in a generation. FoRGED Act ensures we spend wisely but a ...

Deputy Under Secretary of Defense for Personnel and Readiness Shawn G. Skelly stressed equitable military hiring practices as crucial to national security at a Jan. 13 event. Rebecca D. Patterson, the ...

Zamir came a close second to Halevi in the race for IDF chief in January 2023, in a pick made by then-defense minister Benny ...

Salesses has also served in roles including assistant secretary of Defense for homeland defense and global security and deputy assistant secretary of Defense for defense continuity and mission ...

Robert Salesses, deputy director of the Pentagon’s Washington Headquarters Service, will fill in as acting secretary of defense, and three other career Defense Department civilians will be ...

The inspector general found that Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin and Deputy Secretary Kathleen Hicks mismanaged protocols during his 2024 hospitalization for prostate cancer treatment. In a ...

WASHINGTON (WPRI) — President Donald Trump has named an acting secretary of defense until his nominee ... He had been serving as the deputy director of Washington Headquarters Services.

(Kenny Holston/The New York Times via AP, Pool) He previously served as the deputy assistant secretary of defense for Defense Continuity and Mission Assurance and as the deputy assistant secretary ...

President Donald Trump has named an acting defense secretary because his choice to lead the Pentagon, Pete Hegseth, has not yet been confirmed by the Senate.Related video above: Senators recently ...

Salesses is the deputy director of the Washington Headquarters Services at the Defense Department. In that role, Salesses had served as a principal adviser to the director overseeing operational ...