Robert Salesses will serve as the acting secretary of defense until President Donald Trump‘s nominee, Pete Hegseth, gets ...

The Senate begins holding confirmation hearings Tuesday for President-elect Donald Trump’s Cabinet picks, starting with Pete ...

President-elect Donald Trump's nominee for Secretary of Defense, Pete Hegseth, underwent his Senate confirmation hearings on ...

Pete Hegseth must be approved by the GOP-led Senate Armed Services Committee before he can go before the full Senate for ...

Hegseth will try to convince members of the Senate Armed Services Committee on Tuesday that he should be the next secretary ...

The Defense secretary nominee said he’ll ‘look under the hood’ if confirmed.

Even though Trump has not officially been inaugurated, the Senate can confirm cabinet members before his Oath of Office.

The Defense nominee must overcome doubts about his qualifications.

Pete Hegseth, President-elect Donald Trump’s pick for Defense secretary, appeared before the Senate Armed Services Committee ...

Watch President-elect Donald Donald Trump's nominee to head the department of defense, Pete Hegseth is set to face the Senate ...

Republican Sen. Joni Ernst of Iowa announced on Tuesday that she would be voting for Donald Trump’s Defense Secretary nominee ...