Jan 20, 2025 · As Deputy Director for Washington Headquarters Services, he manages a portfolio of complex and integrated operational services to the Office of the Secretary of Defense, Joint Chiefs of Staff, and other military and Department of Defense agencies.

Jan 20, 2025 · WASHINGTON (AP) — 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.. 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 filling in as acting heads ...

Jan 25, 2025 · The Honorable Pete Hegseth is the 29th Secretary of Defense, sworn in on Jan. 25, 2025.Hegseth was commissioned as an infantry officer in the U.S. Army National Guard after graduating from ...

Jan 26, 2025 · Photo by Jabin Botsford/The Washington Post via Getty Images. When Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth starts his first official day on Monday morning, he will face a daunting array of issues to tackle ...

Jan 24, 2025 · WASHINGTON (AP) — The Senate confirmed Pete Hegseth as the nation’s defense secretary late Friday in a dramatic tie-breaking vote, swatting back questions about his qualifications to lead the Pentagon amid allegations of heavy drinking and aggressive behavior toward women.. Rarely has a Cabinet nominee faced such wide-ranging concerns about his experience and behavior as Hegseth ...

Jan 20, 2025 · WASHINGTON (AP) — 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. Robert Salesses ...

Jan 20, 2025 · The Pentagon on Monday swore in Robert G. Salesses as the acting secretary of Defense while President Trump’s nominee Pete Hegseth awaits Senate confirmation. Salesses was sworn in just after noon, according to a Defense official. NBC News first reported on his swearing-in. Salesses is the deputy director of the Washington Headquarters Services at the…

Jan 25, 2025 · Pete Hegseth, newly sworn-in as President Trump’s defense secretary, issued his set of priorities for the department on Saturday, saying that the Pentagon will “put America first, and we will ...

Jan 23, 2025 · There’s some last-minute drama to the confirmation vote for Pete Hegseth, President Donald Trump’s nominee to lead the Pentagon, slated to be held at 9 p.m. Hegseth is still working on ...

Jan 26, 2025 · Pete Hegseth speaks after being sworn in as Secretary of Defense by Vice President JD Vance in the Indian Treaty Room of the Eisenhower Executive Office Building on the White House campus in ...