After being sworn-in by Vice President JD Vance, the Pentagon’s new leader addressed the Defense Department’s three million ...

Missouri Senators Eric Schmitt and Josh Hawley ... questioned Defense Secretary nominee Pete Hegseth on Tuesday. Schmitt expressed satisfaction with Hegseth's responses, suggesting he would ...

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth vowed during a visit to the southwestern border on Monday to use thousands of U.S. active-duty ...

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Sen. Eric Schmitt questions Pete Hegseth, President-elect Donald Trump's nominee for Defense Secretary, testifies during Hegseth's confirmation hearing before the Senate Armed Services Committee ...

On Jan. 14, 2025, former Fox News host Pete Hegseth, U.S. President-elect Donald Trump's nominee for defense secretary, appeared in front of the Senate's Armed Services Committee for his ...

Republican Missouri U.S. Senator Eric Schmitt questioned Hegseth during ... In fact, I think we’re really excited about getting Pete Hegseth in that important role,” said Schmitt.

During an interview Sunday on NBC's "Meet the Press," Sen. Eric Schmitt offered this opinion on why "DEI is poison" for the ...

Donald Trump's pick for Defense Secretary, faced stiff criticism from Democrats and some Republicans—requiring a tie-breaking ...

During defense secretary nominee Pete Hegseth’s confirmation hearing on Tuesday, Republican lawmakers were so focused on three specific letters — DEI — that they forgot to correctly spell the word ...

That’s called “jointness,” about which Hegseth knows little. He touted his Army background in the National Guard as a ...