Sen. Elizabeth Warren is calling out what she sees as a clear conflict of interest in President Trump’s deputy defense ...

Testifying before the Senate Armed Services Committee for his confirmation hearing to be deputy defense secretary, Feinberg leaned on his background in private equity to argue that the Pentagon ...

President Donald Trump’s pick for deputy Defense secretary declined to say Russia invaded Ukraine when pressed Tuesday by senators and defended massive Pentagon firings — a sign he’s ...

as well as excessive bureaucracy," according to a statement from acting Deputy Secretary of Defense Robert Salesses on Wednesday night. It was unclear from the statement what new programs would ...

One relatively conventional choice among the undersecretary nominees is Elbridge Colby, a well-known defense intellectual who served as a deputy assistant secretary of defense in Trump’s first term.

CORRECTION: This story has been corrected to reflect Robert Salesses is performing the duties of the deputy defense secretary.

Robert Salesses, who is performing the duties of deputy secretary of defense, said in a statement Wednesday evening that the department intends to produce budgets "that revive the warrior ethos ...

and ending radical and wasteful government DEI programs and preferencing," acting Deputy Secretary of Defense Robert G. Salesses said in a Wednesday statement. "Accordingly, Secretary Hegseth has ...