5 days ago · 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 Princeton

This is a list of current defence ministers of the 193 United Nations member states, Holy See (Vatican City) and the State of Palestine. Defence ministers of sovereign countries with limited recognition are included in a separate table.

5 days ago · Hegseth said his role as the 29th secretary of defense is "the most important deployment of my life." Hailing from Minnesota, Hegseth graduated from Princeton University in 2003 and earned a ...

5 days ago · In a message to the Defense Department’s three million employees — including some 1.3 million uniformed personnel — Mr. Hegseth outlined three main priorities for his tenure.

The United States secretary of defense (acronym: SecDef) is the head of the United States Department of Defense (DoD), the executive department of the U.S. Armed Forces, and is a high-ranking member of the federal cabinet.

5 days ago · The Senate confirmed Pete Hegseth as the nation's defence secretary late Friday in a dramatic tie-breaking vote, swatting back questions about his qualifications to lead the Pentagon amid ...

Nov 13, 2024 · President-elect Donald Trump has stunned the Pentagon and the broader defense world by nominating Fox News host Pete Hegseth to be defense secretary.

Nov 6, 2024 · Israel’s Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu fired Defence Minister Yoav Gallant on Tuesday evening, replacing him with Israel Katz, a 69-year-old fellow Likud member who has been foreign...

Nov 5, 2024 · Israel Katz, formerly Israel's foreign minister, has been appointed defence minister after Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu sacked Yoav Gallant from the post.

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