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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

Veteran Patrick Watson places a wreath at the base of a new Mural Arts Philadelphia piece titled "American Tableau" at the Crescenz Veterans Affairs Medical Center.

'There isn't a city around that doesn't celebrate': How a Kansas shoe salesman created a holiday to honor all veterans

Russ Read November 11, 2019 10:21 am

'Pushing a coup': Fellow soldiers slam Vindman for testifying in uniform

Russ Read November 8, 2019 3:49 pm

Top defense contractors to feel the fallout from failure of Congress to reach agreement on Pentagon spending

Jamie McIntyre November 8, 2019 11:51 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.

At the Pentagon, Esper and Milley adapt to Trump’s intuitive and impulsive style

Jamie McIntyre November 8, 2019 4:00 am

Three-quarters of guns used in recent school shootings were brought from family home

Anna Giaritelli November 7, 2019 3:38 pm

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

VA study finds veterans suffering from severe pain are at higher risk for suicide

Russ Read November 7, 2019 3:38 pm

A U.S. soldier sits in an armored vehicle on a road leading to the tense front line with Turkish-backed fighters, in Manbij, north Syria, Wednesday, April 4, 2018. President Donald Trump expects to decide "very quickly" whether to remove U.S. troops from war-torn Syria, saying their primary mission was to defeat the Islamic State group and "we've almost completed that task."

'Time is of the essence': Senators want sanctions against Turkey for safe-zone violations

Jamie McIntyre November 7, 2019 1:16 pm

Trump’s anticipated actions for 3 U.S. troops accused or convicted of war crimes prompts Esper to defend the military justice system

Jamie McIntyre November 7, 2019 12:06 pm

Russian officers gesticulate to the driver of Russian tank T-72B at the Ostryakovo railway station not far from Simferopol, Crimea, Monday, March 31, 2014. Russian tanks T-72B will be stationed on former Ukrainian military bases. (AP Photo/Pavel Golovkin)

Army National Guard taps Hollywood prop shop to help train against Russian tanks

Russ Read November 6, 2019 4:03 pm

Election security, Artificial Intelligence among future threats on Pentagon’s radar

Jamie McIntyre November 6, 2019 12:00 pm

Whistleblower lawyer urges politicians ‘to step back’ from naming CIA officer client

Zach Halaschak November 6, 2019 12:27 am

Navy Special Operations Chief Edward Gallagher is shown.

Navy accused of ‘conspiring’ to strip Eddie Gallagher of his SEAL Trident

Russ Read November 5, 2019 8:27 pm