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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

Foreigners board a Qatar Airways aircraft at the airport in Kabul, Afghanistan, Thursday, Sept. 9, 2021.

Pentagon riled over false report of US troop withdrawal from South Korea

Jamie McIntyre November 21, 2019 10:34 am

‘Should not have been delayed’: Gordon Sondland regrets Ukraine security aid quid pro quo

Joel Gehrke November 20, 2019 4:40 pm

The U.S. Pentagon in Washington, D.C.

Iran bolsters weak conventional fores with vast military arsenal, Pentagon says

Jamie McIntyre November 20, 2019 3:14 pm

FILE - In this June 14, 2018, file photo, the FBI seal is seen before a news conference at FBI headquarters in Washington. The FBI is grappling with a seemingly endless cycle of money laundering schemes that law enforcement officials say theyâre scrambling to slow through a combination of prosecution and public awareness. Beyond the run-of-the-mill plots, officials say, is a particularly concerning trend involving âmoney mules.â These are people who, unwittingly or not, use their own bank accounts to move money for criminals for purposes they think are legitimate or even noble.

FBI requests interview with Ukraine whistleblower

Jerry Dunleavy, Daniel Chaitin November 20, 2019 2:25 pm

Two US service members killed in Afghanistan helicopter crash

Zach Halaschak November 20, 2019 12:47 pm

Unclassified Pentagon report details Iran’s growing asymmetric, unconventional military power

Jamie McIntyre November 20, 2019 12:03 pm

A U.S. Air Force plane takes off from the Incirlik airbase, in southern Turkey.Â "In my opinion this is not the same fight as it was when it started," Marine Brig. Gen. Kevin Killea told reporters at the Pentagon.

Pull NATO nukes out of Turkey, former defense leader says

Jamie McIntyre November 19, 2019 3:48 pm

Lexy, a therapy dog at Fort Bragg, N.C., is shown.

New legislation would subsidize medical care for retired military war dogs

Russ Read November 19, 2019 12:47 pm

In a bid to restart peace talks, Afghanistan and Taliban complete prisoner swap

Jamie McIntyre November 19, 2019 12:08 pm

‘Pulled the soldier card’: Vindman chose to wear Army uniform for anti-Trump testimony

Russ Read November 19, 2019 12:00 pm

In this two photo combination image taken from video released Wednesday June 21, 2017, by the Taliban spokesman Zabihullah Mujahid, showing kidnapped teachers Australian Timothy Weeks, top, American Kevin King, who were both abducted by the insurgents in Afghanistan in August 2016. The two men were abducted outside the American University of Afghanistan in Kabul, where they work as teachers. In the video the two captives report the date as June 16, and say they are being treated well by the Taliban but that they remain prisoners and appeal to their governments to help set them free.

Two Western hostages released in exchange for Taliban insurgents

Susan Katz Keating November 19, 2019 12:00 pm

President Trump invites Russian President Vladimir Putin to the White House.

‘Our worst nightmare:’ Lithuanian officials alarmed that Trump may party with Putin

Joel Gehrke November 18, 2019 8:11 pm