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Scott Bessent becomes the fifth Trump official to move on to a military base. Here’s who else has moved

Rena Rowe · November 11, 2026 12:43 pm

President Donald Trump listens as Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent speaks.

Bessent moves to military base due to Iranian assassination threat

Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. speaks at a campaign rally with President Donald Trump at Alico Arena on the campus of Florida Gulf Coast University.

US likely to lose its measles elimination status this week

Workers continue to deploy large buoys to be used as a border barrier along the banks of the Rio Grande in Eagle Pass, Texas, Wednesday, July 12, 2023. The floating barrier is being deployed in an effort to block migrants from entering Texas from Mexico.

Greg Abbott spent years fortifying the Texas border. Gina Hinojosa could undo it all

Secretary of the Army Dan Driscoll testifies before the House Armed Services Committee hearing on the budget request of the Department of the Army, on Capitol Hill, Friday, May 15, 2026, in Washington. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta)

OpenAI hires ex-Army Secretary Dan Driscoll two months after Pentagon exit

Foreign Affairs Minister of Bahrain Abdullatif bin Rashid Al Zayani, Prime Minister of Israel Benjamin Netanyahu, President Trump, and Foreign Affairs Minister of the United Arab Emirates Abdullah bin Zayed bin Sultan Al Nahyan participate in the signing ceremony of the Abraham Accords on the South Lawn of the White House on September 15.

How the Trump administration banished the ghosts blocking the path to peace

Seth Mandel December 11, 2020 4:00 am

America first is not America alone

Mackubin Thomas Owens December 11, 2020 4:00 am

Space command belongs in Colorado

Tom Rogan December 11, 2020 4:00 am

Then and Now: Civilian military

Grant Addison December 11, 2020 4:00 am

Chuck Yeager, 1923-2020

Emily Zanotti December 11, 2020 4:00 am

A Nigerien soldier provides rear security for his squad while they performed a dismounted patrol during Exercise Flintlock 2017 in Diffa, Niger, March 11, 2017. Flintlock exercises strengthen security institutions, promote multilateral sharing of information, and develop interoperability among partner nations in the Trans-Sahara.

Lloyd Austin’s mixed record as four-star commander

Jamie McIntyre December 11, 2020 4:00 am

In this Sept. 26, 2019 file photo asylum seekers in Tijuana, Mexico.

Trump overhaul of US asylum system to take effect days before term ends

Anna Giaritelli December 10, 2020 5:32 pm

Pompeo deputy acknowledges overseas that Biden won

Joel Gehrke December 10, 2020 4:37 pm

Grenell: ‘Mayors, governors, senior people’ targeted by China and received defensive briefings

Mike Brest December 10, 2020 4:28 pm

Israeli flags are seen.

Morocco joins Abraham Accords in deal with Israel

Joel Gehrke December 10, 2020 4:25 pm

A sign of the Department of Veterans Affairs is shown above.

Biden chooses Denis McDonough to lead Department of Veterans Affairs

Abraham Mahshie December 10, 2020 3:28 pm

Can retired Gen. Lloyd Austin convince skeptical Democrats he will lead the Pentagon as a civilian?

Jamie McIntyre December 10, 2020 12:11 pm