(Kenny Holston/The New York Times via AP, Pool) He previously served as the deputy assistant secretary of defense for Defense Continuity and Mission Assurance and as the deputy assistant secretary ...

Robert Salesses, a longtime assistant defense secretary, is now the acting defense secretary, Pentagon officials said. Salesses is the deputy assistant defense secretary for defense continuity and ...

Salesses has also served in roles including assistant secretary of Defense for homeland defense and global security and deputy assistant secretary of Defense for defense continuity and mission ...

During the Obama administration, Farkas was a deputy assistant secretary of defense with a focus on Russia, Ukraine and Eurasia. Prior to that, she was a civilian adviser to the top military ...

Robert Salesses, deputy director of the Pentagon’s Washington Headquarters Service, will fill in as acting secretary of defense ... who was the administrative assistant to Army Secretary ...

Salesses has also served in roles including assistant secretary of Defense for homeland defense and global security and deputy assistant secretary of Defense for defense continuity and mission ...