Pete Hegseth

WATCH: US bureaucratic gloves are off: Hegseth says he has rescinded all drone production red tape

In a memorandum released to the Pentagon, Pete Hegseth announced unhindered US drone production and new implementation of drone combat in military training.

 US Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth over an undated US Air Force handout photo of a RQ-4 Global Hawk unmanned aircraft
 Tulsi Gabbard, Donald Trump's new director of national intelligence, testifies before a Senate Intelligence Committee confirmation hearing on Capitol Hill in Washington, January 30, 2025.

Top US intelligence official criticizes Washington Post reporter

 Satellite imagery from Iran’s Fordow nuclear facility June 22, 2025.

How DTRA's expertise aided in the strikes on Iran’s Fordow nuclear facility - explainer

 Kingsley WIlson was recently appointed as deputy press secretary at the Pentagon.

Jewish Caucus calls for Pentagon accountability over Kingsley Wilson's antisemitic remarks


Trump says nothing taken out of Iran's nuclear site, Europeans believe enriched uranium intact

A report from the Financial Times wrote that European leaders said they believe Iran's highly enriched uranium stockpile remains largely intact.

 US President Donald Trump speaks during a press conference at the NATO summit in The Hague, Netherlands June 25, 2025.

Trump 'destroyed Iran’s nuclear capabilities' in Operation Midnight Hammer, Hegseth says

The Pentagon held a news conference to directly respond to a US Defense Intelligence Agency report that suggested that Iran's nuclear program was only set back a few months.

 U.S. Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth holds a briefing at the Pentagon, after the U.S. struck Iranian nuclear facilities, during the Israel-Iran conflict, in Arlington, Virginia, U.S., June 22, 2025

What does it mean for future talks if Iran's nuclear ambitions are destroyed? - analysis

With Iran's nuclear program hit by airstrikes, it's in the interest of both Israel and the US to portray the strikes as successful.

 Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei and US President Donald Trump (illustrative)

US strikes may have set back Iran nuclear program only months, sources say

The classified assessment is at odds with the statements from Trump and high-ranking US officials, who say US strikes essentially eliminated Iran's nuclear program.

 A satellite image shows the Fordow nuclear facility in Iran in this handout image dated June 14, 2025

Decoys, stealth, bunker busters: How US bombed Iran's nuclear sites

According to Hegseth, all of the precision munitions struck what they wanted to strike and they believe the strike achieved the destruction of the two facilities.

(Illustrative) US Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth over a backdrop of damage done to Iran's nuclear site at Fordow.

Netanyahu, IDF chief lead meeting with top US officials as Trump mulls attack on Iran - exclusive

The meeting took place as the US was deliberating whether to join Israel in strikes against Iran.

 Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, accompanied by U.S. President Donald Trump, U.S. Vice President J.D. Vance, Secretary of State Marco Rubio, and U.S. National Security Adviser Michael Waltz, speaks during a meeting in the Oval Office of the White House on April 7, 2025 in Washington, DC.

US bolsters Trump's Middle East military options by moving refueling aircraft, officials say

The officials also said the US aircraft carrier Nimitz was heading to the Middle East, in what one of them said was a pre-planned deployment.

US President Donald Trump and Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth attend a cabinet meeting at the White House in Washington, DC, April 10, 2025

Trump lands in Riyadh: Israel-Saudi ties expected to take a backseat

Accompanied by prominent American business leaders, Trump will visit Riyadh first, the site of the Saudi-US Investment Forum.

 U.S. President Donald Trump arrives at King Khalid International Airport in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, May 13, 2025, in this screen grab obtained from a Reuters video.

US Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth cancels scheduled visit to Israel, sources tells the 'Post'

Hegseth will still travel with Trump to Saudi Arabia and Gulf countries, including Qatar and the United Arab Emirates. 

 US Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth looks on, as President Donald Trump delivers remarks, in the Oval Office at the White House, in Washington, US, March 21, 2025.

Order by Hegseth to cancel Ukraine weapons caught White House off guard

Behind the scenes of the Trump administration's decision to cancel a shipment of arms o Ukraine earlier this year.

 US Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth attends a cabinet meeting at the White House in Washington, DC, April 10, 2025

Pentagon to seek 'Right to Repair' provisions in Army contracts

the Army wants to give itself the right to conduct maintenance and access necessary tools, software, and technical data without being hindered by intellectual property constraints.

U.S. army soldiers fuel a military truck at Qayyara airbase west of Mosul, Iraq, August 10, 2017