Read about President Trump's appointment of Robert Salesses, a retired U.S. Marine Corps officer, as acting secretary of defense.

The CIP was co-signed by the Assistant Secretary of the Army (Manpower and Reserve Affairs) and Deputy Chief of Staff ... to serve alongside Soldiers in defense of the nation through the following ...

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 ...

In a series of Truth Social posts, President Donald Trump named Michael Ellis, Joe Kent and Sean Parnell for roles in the CIA, the ODNI and the Pentagon.

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WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump has named an acting defense secretary because his choice to lead the Pentagon, Pete Hegseth, has not yet been confirmed by the Senate. Robert Salesses, deputy ...

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 ...