Hegseth dodged the question when asked by a Republican congressman to clarify earlier remarks that left open the possibility ...

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth didn't rule out using military force to take Greenland and Panama, implying to lawmakers that ...

WASHINGTON (AP) — Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth appeared to acknowledge that the Pentagon has developed plans to take over ...

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth said Monday that the U.S. is “postured defensively in the region to be strong” amid conflict between Israel and Iran in the Middle East. “Our job is to be strong. We ...

The NMESIS missile system adds to the growing U.S. firepower in the Southeast Asian country. Last year, the U.S. deployed a U ...

The Pentagon inspector general’s office, which is examining the episode, also has questioned potential witnesses about any ...

The defense secretary made some troubling remarks before Congress—even as a Republican representative tried to save him from ...

The defense secretary will be accompanied by Joint Chiefs Chairman Gen. Dan Caine in his first post-confirmation testimony, ...

As Hegseth started to repeat his answer about contingency plans, Turner added emphatically ... markings of any information about those military operations could not be discussed with lawmakers.

And our military to take it by force ... not to show the Pentagon’s hand on its routine effort to have plans for everything, Hegseth danced around the direct question from Smith, leading ...