The move comes a week after the Defense Department pulled out of the Aspen Security Forum due to “the evil of globalism.” ...

For years, Republican and Democratic administrations have sent officials to national security and foreign policy conferences ...

A federal appeals court determined that former Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin “indisputably” had the authority to cancel plea agreements made last year with Khalid Sheikh Mohammed and two ...

Former Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin in 2024. A federal appeals court has ruled in his favor and canceled plea deals for three men accused of plotting the 9/11 attacks.

By Haley Britzky, CNN (CNN) — A federal appeals court determined that former Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin “indisputably” had the authority to cancel plea agreements made last year with ...

Defense secretary sent classified memo to White House about Afghanistan before Trump fired him Mark T. Esper raised several concerns while recommending against deeper troop cuts now.

Sens. Elizabeth Warren and Rick Scott are blasting former Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin for starting a D.C. consulting firm after saying he would not become a lobbyist after leaving the ...

They include Gens. Lloyd Austin and Jim Mattis, who each served as Defense secretary, and Gen. David Petraeus, former director of the CIA.

She also asked Hegseth about former Secretary of Defense Mark Esper’s claim that President Donald Trump had asked about shooting the legs of protesters after the police killing of George Floyd.

—Elissa Slotkin, a Democratic senator, tells Pete Hegseth that he lacks the qualities of Mark Esper, a defence secretary during Mr Trump’s first term who claimed he had “to walk Trump back ...

Sen. Elissa Slotkin (D-MI) joins Nicolle Wallace to discuss her heated questioning of Donald Trump's Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth over whether or not he would obey an order from the president to ...