This was Ricky Buria, Hegseth's junior military assistant and one of the only holdovers from the last secretary's team. Buria ...

Lt. Gen. Christopher LaNeve passed command of Eighth Army to Brig. Gen. Sean Crockett, his deputy, who will serve in an ...

Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth is meeting with important allies during his Indo-Pacific trip, with one notable exception: South Korea, at a time of growing concerns of regional threats and ...

Still, Hegseth’s message was clear: deterrence is key in the Indo-Pacific region in the face of China’s aggression — and the ...

HONOLULU — U.S. allies and partners in the Asia Pacific are key to countering the mounting threat posed by China and deterring a war, Defense Secretary Pete ... Japan, South Korea, the ...

The Supreme Court has blocked , for now, the deportations of any Venezuelans held in northern Texas under an 18th-century ...

Senate Democratic Leader Chuck Schumer says “Pete Hegseth must be fired” after ... Governments including those of Taiwan, Japan and South Korea have begun negotiations with Washington after ...

It was announced by the US Department of Defense on Friday that Secretary of Defense Pete ... Notably, Hegseth's itinerary differs significantly from those of his predecessors, as South Korea ...

South Korea and the Philippines. Japan’s Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba sits with Secretary of Defence Pete Hegseth as they pose for a commemorative photograph during a joint US-Japan memorial ...

By Sui-Lee Wee Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth used his first trip to ... It will be Australia and South Korea and other nations in this part of the world,” he said, where, together ...

Beijing seeks to assert its claim over the bulk of the South China Sea ... stationed in sprawling bases in Japan and Korea. Speaking alongside Hegseth, Teodoro, the Philippine defense secretary ...