Pete Hegseth reaffirmed in a speech in Singapore that the U.S. does not seek conflict with China, but to deter China the U.S. "is preparing for war, to deter war."

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth described Israel, Poland, and the Gulf and Baltic states as “model allies” of the United States, a remark sure to raise eyebrows over others who may consider themselves close allies.

Pete Hegseth says Trump’s approach “lines quite well” with Lee Kuan Yew’s “pragmatic style” US Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth says President Trump's "common sense" approach to policies "lines quite well with the pragmatic style of Singapore's legendary Prime Minister Lee Kuan Yew".

SINGAPORE—Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth vowed that the U.S. would come to the defense of Taiwan should China seek to “conquer” the island, in a speech that appeared aimed at easing concerns in Asia over the U.

On this episode, The Washington Post's Libby Casey, Rhonda Colvin and James Hohmann are joined by Pentagon reporter Dan Lamothe to delve inside the ongoing drama in Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth's inner circle: Who is at odds with whom,

US Secretary of Defence Pete Hegseth warned Saturday that China was “credibly preparing” to use military force to upend the balance of power in Asia, vowing the United States was “here to stay” in the Indo-Pacific region.

Sean Parnell promised that, under Pete Hegseth, the Pentagon would be “the most transparent in history.”Instead, it's well on its way to being the most opaque.

The health secretary is scaling back coronavirus vaccine recommendations. Zooming out: Currently the vaccine is recommended for people over 6 months. Already the FDA plans to limit coronavirus vaccines, and the U.S. was left out of a World Health Organization pandemic response treaty.

Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth ordered the gutting of a Pentagon office shortly after it disclosed that it would be overseeing the testing of President Donald Trump’s Golden Dome missile defense system and the programs associated with the massive,