The Trump Administration’s hawkish attitudes to foreign powers bash with the desire to make big budget cuts for the Department of Defense.

Five former secretaries of defense are calling on Congress to hold immediate hearings on President Donald Trump’s recent ...

Defense Secretary Jim Mattis listens in March 2018 ... Other defense secretaries signing the letter included William Perry, who served under Clinton; Chuck Hagel and Leon Panetta, who both served ...

Jim Mattis and four other former defense secretaries called President Donald Trump’s ouster of Gen. CQ Brown and other top ...

Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth speaks during a meeting with Saudi Defense Minister Prince Khalid bin Salman, Monday, Feb. 24, 2025, at the Pentagon in Washington. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin ...

Five former secretaries of defense are calling on Congress to ... The letter — signed by William Perry, Leon Panetta, Chuck Hagel, Jim Mattis and Lloyd Austin — said there were no real ...

Five former defense secretaries issued a scathing letter on Thursday assailing President Donald Trump for firing the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff and other senior officers. In an open ...

Democrats have accused Trump and Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth of seeking to politicize ... Lloyd Austin, as well as William ...

and William Perry—have all written a letter to Congress criticizing President Donald Trump’s administration, and in particular, Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth and Donald Trump, for firing a ...