US Shouldn't 'Overreact' to North Korean Missile Tests, Defense Secretary Says North Korea fired off what appeared to be a pair of short-range ballistic missiles from its east coast on Saturday.
SecDef Says He'll Work with VA on Vets' Environmental Health Concerns Esper wants to "make sure [DoD] is doing everything we can to assist soldiers, sailors, airmen and Marines as they transition...
Trump Rallies Support for Space Force at Welcome for New SecDef President Donald Trump said the Pentagon now has the money and the will to create the Space Force.
New Pentagon Task Force to Address Cleanup of PFAS-Contaminated Bases The new SecDef ordered the creation of a task force to address chemicals that have contaminated more than 400 military bases.
Military Assets Will Escort US Ships in Gulf If Needed, New SecDef Says "We will escort our ships to the degree that the risks demand it," Esper said.
After a 7-Month Vacancy, the Pentagon Has a Senate-Confirmed SecDef Army Secretary Mark Esper was confirmed by the full Senate on Tuesday to be the next secretary of defense.
Esper Refuses to Recuse Himself on Raytheon Matters in SecDef Confirmation Hearing In heated exchanges, Warren demanded to know whether Esper would recuse himself on DoD decisions involving Raytheon.
Esper Pledges 'Tough Decisions' on China, Russia if Confirmed as Defense Secretary If confirmed, he said one of his "personal priorities" would be improving the living standards of military families.
Esper's Industry Ties May Haunt Him in SecDef Confirmation Hearing Army Secretary Mark Esper's ascent to secretary of defense may be challenged by his ties to the defense industry.
Esper Nomination Triggers Another Leadership Switch-Up at Pentagon As of Monday afternoon, Navy Secretary Richard V. Spencer is officially the Pentagon's acting defense secretary.
Federal Government Shutdown Grinds into a Second Week as Tempers Flare at the Capitol As the federal government shutdown enters a second week, there’s no discernible endgame in sight.
Trump Targets Blumenthal, Calling for Investigation into Senator's Vietnam Service Claims President Donald Trump is targeting U.S. Sen. Richard Blumenthal again after Connecticut’s senior U.S. senator grilled U.S...
At 50, He Survived Marine Boot Camp — Then Fought at Peleliu and Okinawa When 50-year-old Paul Douglas showed up at Marine Corps boot camp in 1942, the white-haired economics professor looked more...
Ukrainian Drones Attack Russian Cavalry Troops in Rare 21st-Century Encounter A short video circulating online this month appears to show a Russian mounted patrol being struck by a Ukrainian drone near...
When The Government Can Afford Everything Except The Essentials Every shutdown forces the government to decide what counts as “essential.” Air traffic controllers and TSA agents fall into...
