Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth ordered the gutting of a Pentagon office shortly after it disclosed that it would be ...

Veterans Affairs Secretary Doug Collins and Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth said the departments should work together better ...

The executive secretary to Philippines President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. says Marcos will retain Defense Secretary Gilberto during a midterm overhaul of his Cabinet ...

Biden forgot the names of Obama’s defense secretary and Jay Leno, and referred to Africa as a country during his interviews ...

Former Secretary of Defense Robert Gates spoke with Margaret Brennan on Face the Nation Sunday regarding the conflict in the Middle East, as well as the conflict between Russia and Ukraine.

The following is the full transcript of an interview with former Defense Secretary Robert Gates, a portion of which aired on "Face the Nation with Margaret Brennan" on May 18, 2025. MARGARET ...

LAWRENCE — Former CIA director and defense secretary Robert Gates is convinced zealous decisions by President Donald Trump to fire thousands of federal government probationary employees wiped ...

Robert Gates, Secretary of Defense under Presidents George W. Bush and Barack Obama, found that even the powers of a defense secretary are not always sufficient to move the Pentagon bureaucracy in ...

Robert Gates, former U.S. Secretary of Defense, speaks at the Dole Institute of Politics at the University of Kansas on April 30, 2025. Robert Gates — the former U.S. Secretary of Defense ...

Former U.S. Defense Secretary Robert Gates is pictured in this file photo. With questions swirling about the management of the Pentagon, a former U.S. Secretary of Defense will be delivering ...

Robert Gates had a high sense of empathy and lots ... so it takes a lot of patience and self control on the part of the secretary of defense to successfully maintain good relations, public and ...