Jan 26, 2025 · There will be a lot on the plate for new Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth when he steps into his office on the Pentagon’s third floor E Ring. ... The budget and Ukraine. Hegseth will have to become familiar with the complicated construction of the Pentagon budget, which right now is about $850 billion. ...

Jan 25, 2025 · The Honorable Pete Hegseth is the 29th Secretary of Defense, sworn in on Jan. 25, 2025.Hegseth was commissioned as an infantry officer in the U.S. Army National Guard after graduating from Princeton

Jan 24, 2025 · Pete Hegseth has vowed to bring his “warrior” ethos to the Pentagon. ... and unfit to oversee the country’s 1.3 million active duty troops and the Pentagon’s nearly $850 billion budget ...

6 days ago · The U.S. Senate voted to confirm Pete Hegseth as secretary of defense on Jan. 24, 2025. The Senate voted 51-50 in favor of his nomination with Vice President J.D. Vance (R) casting the first tie-breaking vote of his vice presidency in favor of Hegseth’s confirmation.

Jan 26, 2025 · The order was drafted inside the Office of Management and Budget and was not shown to the White House staff secretary, Will Scharf, or to the president’s top policy adviser, Stephen Miller ...

3 days ago · Trump’s picks have so far succeeded in Senate confirmation votes, including some of his more controversial nominees, like Pete Hegseth for defense secretary. That’s despite an early speed bump...

Jan 25, 2025 · Pete Hegseth, newly sworn-in as President Trump’s defense secretary, issued his set of priorities for the department on Saturday, saying that the Pentagon will “put America first, and we will ...

24 CBS News, “Hegseth signed NDA, received six figure severance payment after leaving veterans’ group, sources say,” James LaPorta and Rhona Tarrant, December 5, 2024, https://www.cbsnews.com/news/pete-hegseth-signed-nda-received-six-figure-payment-after-leaving-concerned-veterans-for-america/.

Jan 21, 2025 · Michigan's U.S. senators voted in committee against Trump's picks to lead the Pentagon, Pete Hegseth, and White House budget office, Russell Vought.

6 days ago · There will be a lot on the plate for new Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth when he steps into his office on the Pentagon’s third floor E Ring. ... The budget and Ukraine. Hegseth will have to ...