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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

Defense Secretary Mark T. Esper meets with China Minister of Defense Wei Fenghe during the 6th Association of Southeast Asian Nations Defense Ministersâ Meeting-Plus on Nov. 18, 2019.

Mark Esper details ‘vigorous’ Defense Department reorientation to confront China’s rise

Abraham Mahshie August 5, 2020 9:41 pm

US ‘pushes the envelope’ with health chief’s planned visit to Taiwan

Joel Gehrke August 5, 2020 9:18 pm

Smoke rises from the scene of an explosion that hit the seaport of Beirut, Lebanon, Wednesday, Aug. 5, 2020.

Esper says ‘most believe’ Beirut explosion an accident despite Trump’s ‘bomb’ comments

Zach Halaschak August 5, 2020 8:50 pm

Violence in Portland diminishes as state police take over for DHS

Anna Giaritelli August 5, 2020 4:35 pm

A damage is seen after a massive explosion in Beirut, Lebanon, Wednesday, Aug. 5, 2020. The explosion flattened much of a port and damaged buildings across Beirut, sending a giant mushroom cloud into the sky. In addition to those who died, more than 3,000 other people were injured, with bodies buried in the rubble, officials said.

As many as 300,000 Lebanese left homeless by deadly Beirut blast, governor says

Zach Halaschak August 5, 2020 3:33 pm

Some 10,000 service members spent time at a deeply contaminated and little-known secret Uzbek airbase called âK2â that served as a staging ground for the invasion of Afghanistan.

Tennessee delegation leads effort to help sick K2 veterans

Abraham Mahshie August 5, 2020 12:31 pm

Trump pushing to cut US troop levels in Afghanistan in half by Election Day

Jamie McIntyre August 5, 2020 10:57 am

Minneapolis will pair police rookies with better ‘role models’ following Floyd death

Anna Giaritelli August 5, 2020 10:51 am

US ambassador: Chinese Communist Party not ‘a legitimate system’

Joel Gehrke August 5, 2020 10:30 am

Lebanese security officers run to the explosion scene that hit the seaport of Beirut, Lebanon, Tuesday, Aug. 4, 2020. Massive explosions rocked downtown Beirut on Tuesday, flattening much of the port, damaging buildings and blowing out windows and doors as a giant mushroom cloud rose above the capital. Witnesses saw many people injured by flying glass and debris.

Pompeo says US ‘ready to assist’ following Beirut blast that killed dozens and wounded thousands

Zach Halaschak August 5, 2020 12:33 am

Civilians carry a person at the explosion scene that hit the seaport, in Beirut Lebanon, Tuesday, Aug. 4, 2020.

‘Bomb of some kind’: Trump says deadly Beirut explosion ‘looks like a terrible attack’

Zach Halaschak August 4, 2020 11:06 pm

Navy SEALs sever ties with museum over video showing dogs attacking man in Kaepernick jersey

Zach Halaschak August 4, 2020 9:46 pm