For the last 50 years, almost every nominee to lead the Pentagon has been a consensus pick who drew lopsided margins of ...

Last week, writing about Pete Hegseth’s hearing to be confirmed as secretary of defense ... the post by the newly elected president, George H.W. Bush. Tower had been a four-term Republican ...

Pete Hegseth has vowed to bring his “warrior” ethos to the Pentagon. Democrats had assailed him as unfit for the job, and his ...

Mullin did not dispute the women and whiskey facts that until now would have torpedoed a defense secretary nominee, as it did George H.W. Bush’s nomination of former Texas Sen. John Tower in 1989.

Bush," Secretary of Defense Lloyd J. Austin III said in a statement. "The future USS William J. Clinton and the future USS George W. Bush will serve as lasting tributes to each leader's legacy in ...

Eisenhower, USS Harry S. Truman, USS Ronald Reagan, USS George W. Bush, and USS Gerald R. Ford. Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin said that the future carriers Clinton and Bush will "serve as ...

Clinton and George W. Bush. The lead ship ... ship and those who sail aboard her,” Bush said in the release. Secretary of Defense Lloyd J. Austin III commended the recent carrier naming ...

The new Bush vessel will join the George HW Bush, which entered service in 2009. Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin said in a statement that aircraft carriers “are the centerpiece of America’s ...

President Biden announced the names of new Navy aircraft carriers: USS William J. Clinton and USS George W. Bush, which will be constructed in "years ahead." ...