2025年1月25日 · 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 ...

The United States secretary of defense (acronym: SecDef) is the head of the United States Department of Defense (DoD), the executive department of the U.S. Armed Forces, and is a high-ranking member of the federal cabinet.

2025年1月25日 · Pete Hegseth was sworn in Saturday as the nation’s 29th secretary of defense, quickly joining President Trump’s Cabinet after a dramatic late-night vote in the Senate installed him as the Pentagon’s leader.. Hegseth took the oath from Vice President JD Vance in the Eisenhower Executive Office Building with Hegseth’s wife, Jennifer Rauchet, at his side and Republican senators looking on.

2025年1月25日 · Lloyd Austin, former President Joe Biden's pick for defense secretary, was confirmed in a 93-2 vote and Trump's first pick for defense secretary in his first term, James Mattis, was confirmed in a ...

2025年1月24日 · The final vote, 51 to 50, was the smallest margin for a defense secretary’s confirmation since the position was created in 1947, according to Senate records. Mr. Hegseth, a military veteran and ...

The U.S. Secretary of Defense oversees the Department of Defense and acts as the principal defense policy maker and adviser.

2025年1月25日 · Pete Hegseth, incoming U.S. secretary of defense, departs the U.S. Capitol following his confirmation vote in Washington, DC, on Friday, Jan. 24, 2025. Stefani Reynolds/Bloomberg via Getty Images

2025年1月25日 · Pete Hegseth, President Donald Trump's choice to be Defense secretary, gives a thumbs-up at the completion of his confirmation hearing before the Senate Armed Services Committee, at the Capitol in ...

2025年1月17日 · WASHINGTON (AP) — Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin bid farewell Friday to the forces and personnel he has led through a tumultuous term that had three major military crises, a global pandemic and a personal brush with cancer that became a flashpoint for the way it was mishandled.

2024年11月13日 · President-elect Donald Trump has stunned the Pentagon and the broader defense world by nominating Fox News host Pete Hegseth to be defense secretary.