- Hegseth is quickly sworn in as defense secretary after dramatic Senate vote https://apnews.com/article/pete-hegseth-confirmed-pentagon-trump-defense-secretary-1b9c9725e77812071d300a0de3a4c510?01252025= 27 comments politics
- Discussion Thread: Defense Secretary and Joint Chiefs of Staff Chair Testify on President's 2025 Budget Request https://www.c-span.org/video/?535475-1%2Fhearing-2025-defense-budget-request= 4 comments politics
- Trump Wanted to Shut Down Every U.S. Embassy in Africa, Former Defense Secretary Says https://www.rollingstone.com/politics/politics-news/trump-embassies-africa-mark-esper-book-1350572/ 125 comments politics
- Trump suggested launching missiles into Mexico to destroy cartels' drug labs, former defense secretary says https://www.businessinsider.in/politics/world/news/trump-suggested-launching-missiles-into-mexico-to-destroy-cartels-drug-labs-former-defense-secretary-says/articleshow/91374299.cms 321 comments worldnews
- Senate Confirms Lloyd Austin as Defense Secretary https://www.cnbc.com/2021/01/22/lloyd-austin-confirmation-first-black-defense-secretary.html 23 comments moderatepolitics
- Lloyd Austin is confirmed, becoming the first Black defense secretary in U.S. history. https://www.nytimes.com/2021/01/22/us/lloyd-austin-confirmed.html 593 comments politics
- Biden's defense secretary pick pledges to 'rid our ranks of racists and extremists.’ Will this affect Navy and other branches cohesive and ready fighting force, like social experiment or not, like DADT was? https://www.reddit.com/r/army/comments/l25og7/bidens_defense_secretary_pick_pledges_to_rid_our/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=ios_app&utm_name=iossmf 232 comments navy
- Acting secretary of defense orders NSA chief to install Trump loyalist as agency's general counsel https://www.cnn.com/2021/01/16/politics/nsa-counsel-michael-ellis-christopher-miller/index.html 9 comments politics
- Former Defense Secretary Mattis says Trump 'fomented' the security breach at the US Capitol https://abcnews.go.com/politics/defense-secretary-mattis-trump-fomented-security-breach-us/story?id=75100611 68 comments politics
- Biden pick for defense secretary in spotlight amid concerns over military background https://www.reuters.com/article/usa-biden-iduskbn28j0i8 65 comments politics
- Trump fires defense secretary in post-election reckoning after public policy clashes https://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-trump-defense/trump-fires-defense-secretary-after-clash-over-using-military-against-u-s-protesters-iduskbn27p2ik?il=0&utm_source=reddit.com 9 comments politics
- Trump says he has fired Defense Secretary Mark Esper https://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-trump-defense/trump-says-he-has-fired-defense-secretary-mark-esper-iduskbn27p2ik 34 comments politics
- Trump fires Defense Secretary Mark Esper after he refused to deploy troops on US citizens https://www.cnbc.com/2020/11/09/trump-says-defense-secretary-mark-esper-has-been-fired.html 38 comments politics
- Trump says Defense Secretary Mark Esper has been terminated https://www.cnbc.com/2020/11/09/trump-says-defense-secretary-mark-esper-has-been-fired.html 101 comments moderatepolitics
- Esper Is Out as Trump’s Defense Secretary http://nytimes.com/2020/11/09/us/politics/esper-defense-secretary.html 6 comments politics
- Long at odds with Trump, Defense Secretary Esper has prepared a resignation letter, say officials https://www.nbcnews.com/news/ncna1245846 9 comments politics
- Former Defense Secretary Mattis Issues Stunning Rebuke Of Trump https://www.npr.org/2020/06/04/869255813/former-defense-secretary-mattis-issues-stunning-rebuke-of-trump 4 comments politics
- Defense secretary's chief of staff to step down https://www.politico.com/news/2020/01/06/defense-secretary-chief-of-staff-094717 176 comments politics
- Defense Secretary Esper urges Iran to be a "normal country" after its leader says Trump "can't do anything" to them https://www.newsweek.com/defense-secretary-esper-urges-iran-normal-country-after-its-leader-says-trump-cant-do-1480176?utm_medium=social&utm_source=twitter#echobox=1578010596 17 comments politics
- Former defense secretaries shed light on why Trump talks with North Korea failed https://www.cnbc.com/2019/12/08/former-defense-secretaries-shed-light-on-why-trump-talks-with-north-korea-failed.html 32 comments politics
- Mark Esperanto? Trump Misnames His Defense Secretary in Tweet https://www.nytimes.com/2019/10/20/us/politics/mark-esperanto-trump-tweet.html 26 comments politics
- ‘Esperanto’ Trends As Trump Misspells Name Of His Own Defense Secretary Mark Esper https://www.newsweek.com/donald-trump-esperanto-mark-esper-secretary-defense-twitter-syria-turkey-1466525 39 comments politics
- US Defense Secretary Mark Esper: Turkey 'appears to be' committing war crimes in northern Syria https://thehill.com/homenews/sunday-talk-shows/465564-esper-turkey-appears-to-be-committing-war-crimes-in-northern-syria 3 comments politics
- Trump Confronts Iran—Without Allies, a Defense Secretary, or a Coherent Policy. What could go wrong? https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2019/06/trump-iran-bolton-pompeo-drone/ 16 comments politics
- Trump forces Mattis out two months early, names Shanahan acting defense secretary https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/trump-forces-mattis-out-two-months-early-names-shanahan-acting-defense-secretary/2018/12/23/b78a0478-06d2-11e9-a3f0-71c95106d96a_story.html?noredirect=on 3 comments politics
- Trump announces acting defense secretary ahead of Mattis exit https://www.cnn.com/2018/12/23/politics/james-mattis-trump-shanahan/index.html 3 comments politics
- Mattis to step down as defense secretary over differences with Trump https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/national-security/trump-announces-mattis-will-leave-as-defense-secretary-at-the-end-of-february/2018/12/20/e1a846ee-e147-11e8-ab2c-b31dcd53ca6b_story.html?utm_term=.31e3d0025aa5 48 comments geopolitics
- Sept. 11 trial judge orders defense secretary Mattis to explain firing of war court overseer http://www.miamiherald.com/news/nation-world/world/americas/guantanamo/article202166964.html 37 comments politics
- Trump’s Defense Secretary Cites Climate Change as National Security Challenge https://www.propublica.org/article/trumps-defense-secretary-cites-climate-change-national-security-challenge 64 comments politics
- US defense secretary Mattis stresses NATO importance with German counterpart http://www.dw.com/en/us-defense-secretary-mattis-stresses-nato-importance-with-german-counterpart/a-37294534#nomobile 5 comments politics
- New Defense Secretary James Mattis arrives at the Pentagon, gets to work https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/checkpoint/wp/2017/01/21/new-defense-secretary-james-mattis-arrives-at-the-pentagon-gets-to-work/?utm_term=.9c5d3e0a512e 4 comments politics
- The United States New Secretary of Defense, Retired General James N. Mattis, Talking About America Being A Disappointing Ally To Pakistan https://streamable.com/1ftma 34 comments pakistan
- Former Defense Secretary Rumsfeld: Trump’s ‘not untruthful’ http://www.politico.com/story/2016/09/donald-rumsfeld-trump-not-untruthful-228519 20 comments politics
- Defense Secretary Carter: Iraq’s forces showed ‘no will to fight’ Islamic State http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/post-politics/wp/2015/05/24/defense-secretary-carter-iraqs-forces-showed-no-will-to-fight-islamic-state/ 6 comments politics
- Defense Secretary Ash Carter to Nominate Gen. Mark Milley as Army Chief of Staff http://www.wsj.com/articles/defense-secretary-ash-carter-to-nominate-gen-mark-milley-as-army-chief-of-staff-1431538847 38 comments army
- Chuck Hagel forced to step down as US defense secretary http://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2014/nov/24/chuck-hagel-step-down-us-defence-secretary 8 comments worldnews
- Chuck Hagel confirmed as Secretary of Defense http://www.oregonlive.com/today/index.ssf/2013/02/chuck_hagel_confirmed_as_secre.html 3 comments politics
- On this Memorial Day it sure looks wrong that the USA's Secretary of Defense is speaking with the Flag of Israel to be displayed to the right of the Flag of the USA. Flag etiquette used to matter. http://news.antiwar.com/2012/05/27/panetta-pentagon-ready-to-attack-iran/ 13 comments politics
- Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates on Tuesday laid out details of his plans to save $100 billion in five years as he tries to run the Pentagon more efficiently http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/09/14/ar2010091406909.html 7 comments politics
- US Secretary of Defense recommends we try actual diplomacy with Iran. http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/05/14/ar2008051403553.html 7 comments reddit.com