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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

‘All sides are tired of fighting’: Taliban peace deal may be signed this week, Mike Pompeo says

Joel Gehrke February 25, 2020 5:32 pm

US, South Korea consider cutting back already reduced military drills as coronavirus hits South Korean troops

Jamie McIntyre February 25, 2020 11:57 am

Pedestrians cross a street as one of them prepares his face mask in western Tehran, Iran, Saturday, Feb. 29, 2020. Iran is preparing for the possibility of "tens of thousands" of people getting tested for the new coronavirus as the number of confirmed cases spiked again Saturday, Health Ministry spokesman Kianoush Jahanpour said, underscoring the fear both at home and abroad over the outbreak in the Islamic Republic.

Xi Jinping admits ‘obvious shortcomings’ as coronavirus blame game persists

Joel Gehrke February 24, 2020 10:32 pm

Israeli air defense system Iron Dome takes out rockets fired from Gaza near Sderot, Israel.

Netanyahu warns of ‘broad campaign’ after Palestinian militants fire on Israel

Zach Halaschak February 24, 2020 6:25 pm

In this Nov. 3, 2015 file photo, Afghan Taliban fighters listen to Mullah Mohammed Rasool, the newly-elected leader of a breakaway faction of the Taliban, in Farah province, Afghanistan.

American commander: Taliban in ‘trial period’ as US waits to see if Afghanistan truce holds

Jamie McIntyre February 24, 2020 5:24 pm

‘America loves India’: Trump touts $3B defense deal during state visit

Madison Dibble February 24, 2020 12:38 pm

Pentagon takes tough line in negotiations over South Korean payments for US military support

Jamie McIntyre February 24, 2020 12:02 pm

‘Haven’t seen that analysis’: National security adviser contradicts reports on Russia helping Trump reelection

Carlin Becker February 23, 2020 1:59 am

US Ambassador to Germany Richard Allen Grenell, center, at the presidential palace in Berlin Monday, Jan. 14, 2019.

Richard Grenell seeks intelligence from briefing on Russia election interference

Daniel Chaitin February 22, 2020 10:27 pm

Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelensky visits the site of the 9/11 terror attacks at ground zero in New York, Thursday, Sept. 26, 2019. Zelensky made specific stops at the names of victims that were born in Ukraine.

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky criticizes Putin’s ‘geopolitical ambitions’

Joel Gehrke February 22, 2020 5:01 am

Russian President Vladimir Putin attends a meeting on economic issue in Moscow, Russia, Wednesday, Feb. 12, 2020.

‘The inner Putin coming out’: Russian president touts ‘integration’ with Ukraine

Joel Gehrke February 21, 2020 10:45 pm

Russian President Vladimir Putin chairs a Security Council meeting at the Novo-Ogaryovo residence outside Moscow Moscow, Russia, Friday, Feb. 21, 2020.

National security official discredits NYT report on Russia helping Trump in 2020

Jerry Dunleavy February 21, 2020 6:16 pm