2026-04-2 7da24bb02600ead04a9649ac828c76badd3ea710 37 Chief of Staff of the United States Army 13 /wiki/chief%20of%20staff%20of%20the%20united%20states%20army Pete Hegseth 70 /wiki/pete%20hegseth Randy George 1 /wiki/randy%20george U.S. defense secretary 36 /wiki/u.s.%20defense%20secretary Chief of Staff of the United States Army Pete Hegseth Randy George U.S. defense secretary Randy George 2026-03-31 48406b6c6ab16c818446d6730026815dc7ca654a /feed/2026/03/31/us-defense-secretary-pete-hegseth-says-that-the-talks-between-the-united-states-and-iran-are-very-real-but-also-stat U.S. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth says that the talks between the United States and Iran “are very real” but also states that the U.S. will "negotiate with bombs" until a ceasefire is reached. 1775027279 2026-03-31 3d13b6cb55e1ec6766b623cbb310a3df7f5bdd26 6 Pete Hegseth 1 /feed/2026/03/31/us-defense-secretary-pete-hegseth-says-that-the-talks-between-iran-and-the-united-states-are-very-real-but-also-stat U.S. defense secretary Pete Hegseth says that the talks between Iran and the United States "are very real" but also states that the U.S. will "negotiate with bombs" until a ceasefire is reached. 2026-02-19 91b1590d0ae38aa665a5411c94a021cce9ed683a /feed/2026/02/19/us-president-donald-trump-says-he-has-ordered-defense-secretary-pete-hegseth-and-relevant-departments-to-begin-the-pr U.S. president Donald Trump says he has ordered Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth and relevant departments to "begin the process" of releasing classified government files related to extraterrestrial life and UAPs. 1771579925 2026-02-19 622bbaeb7e2c5e58e93eb3345fa9cad856b81951 13 Pete Hegseth 1 /feed/2026/02/19/united-states-president-donald-trump-says-he-has-ordered-defense-secretary-pete-hegseth-and-other-relevant-department-he United States president Donald Trump says he has ordered defense secretary Pete Hegseth and other relevant department heads to "begin the process" of releasing classified government files related to extraterrestrial life and UAPs. 2025-10-10 4a16113e93d7d322899872ce3522e5c8c4e33ecb /feed/2025/10/10/us-secretary-of-defense-pete-hegseth-announces-that-he-has-signed-an-agreement-with-qatar-to-build-a-new-qatar-emiri-air US secretary of defense Pete Hegseth announces that he has signed an agreement with Qatar to build a new Qatar Emiri Air Force (QEAF) facility at the Mountain Home Air Force Base in Elmore County, Idaho, that will host QEAF F-15QA fighter jets and pilots. 1760163655 2025-10-10 6d135cf99547a4ef0da51119a3a4c263fec04d0d 20 Pete Hegseth 1 /feed/2025/10/10/us-secretary-of-defense-pete-hegseth-announces-an-agreement-with-qatar-to-build-a-new-qatar-emiri-air-force-facility-at US secretary of defense Pete Hegseth announces an agreement with Qatar to build a new Qatar Emiri Air Force facility at the Mountain Home Air Force Base in Elmore County, Idaho, that will host QEAF F-15QA fighter jets and pilots. 2025-10-3 6339a3b7305ab72756a222120c4720912c3470f1 /feed/2025/10/3/the-united-states-navy-conducts-a-strike-targeting-a-purported-drug-smuggling-boat-in-the-venezuelan-coast-according-to The United States Navy conducts a strike targeting a purported drug smuggling boat in the Venezuelan coast. According to Secretary of War Pete Hegseth, at least four crewmembers were killed in the attack. 1759602053 2025-10-3 cb912b26906341680369a5013b48ce2618579748 14 Pete Hegseth U.S. defense secretary 2 /feed/2025/10/3/the-united-states-navy-conducts-a-strike-targeting-an-alleged-drug-smuggling-boat-in-the-venezuelan-coast-according-to The United States Navy conducts a strike targeting an alleged drug smuggling boat in the Venezuelan coast. According to U.S. defense secretary Pete Hegseth, at least four crewmembers were killed in the attack. 2025-07-2 2963a9fbcd66c29ac954714ea6d04eb43fea46d3 2 Pete Hegseth 1 /feed/2025/07/2/united-states-secretary-of-defense-pete-hegseth-orders-the-indefinite-suspension-of-air-defense-and-weapon-shipments-to United States Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth orders the indefinite suspension of air defense and weapon shipments to Ukraine, including Patriot interceptors and other missiles and ammunition. 2025-03-26 d981f015ca83968bd81ccdb60743cd68a3fd2f0c /feed/2025/03/26/the-atlantic-magazine-releases-the-full-text-of-a-chat-involving-senior-us-national-security-officials-about-recent "The Atlantic" magazine releases the full text of a chat involving senior U.S. national security officials about recent strikes against Yemen's Houthis. In the conversation, Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth provides exact times of warplane launches, strike packages, and targets. 1743017485 2025-03-26 aaae1e9f0af1e3a677296615c25d2e64136b76d8 21 Pete Hegseth 1 /feed/2025/03/26/the-atlantic-magazine-releases-the-full-text-of-a-signal-group-chat-involving-senior-us-national-security-officials "The Atlantic" magazine releases the full text of a Signal group chat involving senior U.S. national security officials about recent strikes against Houthi targets in Yemen. In the conversation, Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth provides exact times of warplane launches, strike packages, and targets. 2025-03-5 4d5268254e6fb93bbf2d67691c475dcdd369a815 19 Pete Hegseth 1 /feed/2025/03/5/the-united-states-department-of-defense-denies-previous-media-reports-that-secretary-of-defense-pete-hegseth-had-ordered The United States Department of Defense denies previous media reports that Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth had ordered a halt to offensive cyber operations and information operations against Russia by U.S. Cyber Command. 2025-03-2 3a37bd3bacd172d03278abfb094a0ba89f271c00 21 Pete Hegseth 1 /feed/2025/03/2/united-states-secretary-of-defense-pete-hegseth-orders-a-halt-to-offensive-cyber-operations-and-information-operations-a United States Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth orders a halt to offensive cyber operations and information operations against Russia by U.S. Cyber Command. 2025-01-24 fdf8c97bb92c90ff932dc54f33cd59fd4dbbdad3 /feed/2025/01/24/pete-hegseth-is-confirmed-as-us-secretary-of-defense-in-a-51-50-vote Pete Hegseth is confirmed as U.S. Secretary of Defense in a 51–50 vote. 1737825250 2025-01-24 f0fdca08fb46b3fae1a1737203fccd76aedf1ddd /feed/2025/01/24/pete-hegseth-is-confirmed-as-us-secretary-of-defense-in-a-51-50-vote-after-vice-president-jd-vance-casts-the-tie-break Pete Hegseth is confirmed as U.S. Secretary of Defense in a 51–50 vote after Vice President JD Vance casts the tie-breaking vote, making him the first Vice President to cast a tiebreaker vote on a Cabinet nominee since Mike Pence did so in 2017 to confirm then-Education Secretary Betsy DeVos. 1737818050 2025-01-24 ddc7d06a84ea7b8b7e1641ff9d2ab39e1fc7b1ab 29 Pete Hegseth 1 /feed/2025/01/24/pete-hegseth-is-confirmed-as-us-secretary-of-defense-in-a-51-50-vote-with-vice-president-jd-vance-casting-the-tie-bre Pete Hegseth is confirmed as U.S. Secretary of Defense in a 51–50 vote, with Vice President JD Vance casting the tie-breaking vote. 2020-02-13 bc611027fb9c6ebfc717d1a1afd7c5cf8f00a758 /feed/2020/02/13/two-days-after-the-kabul-bombing-us-defense-secretary-mark-esper-says-that-the-us-and-the-taliban-have-negotiated-a Two days after the Kabul bombing, U.S. Defense Secretary Mark Esper says that the U.S. and the Taliban have negotiated a proposal for a seven-day reduction of violence in Afghanistan. 1581685384 2020-02-13 69796dca23038a87b0ccbfbd525d649e63ecfef0 1 U.S. defense secretary 1 /feed/2020/02/13/us-defense-secretary-mark-esper-says-that-the-us-and-the-taliban-have-negotiated-a-proposal-for-a-seven-day-reductio U.S. Defense Secretary Mark Esper says that the U.S. and the Taliban have negotiated a proposal for a seven-day reduction of violence in Afghanistan. /feed/2026/04/2/general-randy-george-chief-of-staff-of-the-united-states-army-steps-down-upon-us-defense-secretary-pete-hegseth-s-re CBS News 2 ed03113afba5f5e4949a3852327c05c4b94d40af 4 https://www.cbsnews.com/news/hegseth-ousts-army-chief-of-staff-gen-randy-george/ 2026 Reuters 2 b3a9c7734608fa2912301195e52c191b62e1c905 4 https://www.reuters.com/world/us/hegseth-has-asked-us-army-chief-staff-step-down-cbs-news-reports-2026-04-02/ 2026 General Randy George, Chief of Staff of the United States Army, steps down upon U.S. defense secretary Pete Hegseth's request.