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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

John Bolton, national security advisor, listens during a meeting with U.S. President Donald Trump and Jens Stoltenberg, secretary general of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO), not pictured, in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington, D.C. U.S., on Thursday, May 17, 2018. The White House said the two leaders will be discussing the upcoming NATO Summit in July.

John Bolton fought Trump for release of delayed Ukraine military aid

Daniel Chaitin September 24, 2019 3:45 am

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu chairs the weekly cabinet meeting, in Jerusalem, Sunday, Feb. 16, 2020.

Israeli Arab lawmakers reject Benjamin Netanyahu, but he’s still in the race

Joel Gehrke September 24, 2019 2:45 am

U.S. Marines fix their tents as they arrive at Crow Valley, Tarlac province in northern Philippines.

Military wants to use gene editing to protect troops against chemical and biological weapons

Russ Read September 23, 2019 9:54 pm

USA military boots, hat and dog tags with American flag in background.

6,000 veterans have committed suicide each year for a decade, VA finds

Russ Read September 23, 2019 6:02 pm

US ‘prevent defense’ aims at playing the long game against Iran

Jamie McIntyre September 23, 2019 11:14 am

Former U.S. Secretary of Defense Jim Mattis signs copies of his book.

The ever-quotable Jim Mattis: The wit and wisdom of a wizened warrior

Jamie McIntyre September 23, 2019 4:01 am

Mysterious underground facilities discovered near North Korea nuclear complex

Russ Read September 22, 2019 9:11 pm

Ken Vogel is seen.

‘More to be told’: New York Times reporter says Ukraine story a ‘significant liability’ for Joe Biden

Daniel Chaitin September 21, 2019 10:52 pm

Democratic presidential candidate Rep. Tulsi Gabbard, D-Hawaii, speaks.

Tulsi Gabbard: Trump’s Saudi Arabia troop deployment could ‘lead us to an all-out inferno of a war’

Emily Brooks September 21, 2019 8:15 pm

President Trump is seen.

Whistleblower ‘didn’t have direct knowledge of the communications’ between Trump and Ukraine

Zach Halaschak September 21, 2019 8:04 pm

Rep. Adam Schiff, D-Calif., ranking member of the House Intelligence Committee, exits a secure area to speak to reporters as the GOP majority prepares to end its participation in the Russia probe, officially shutting down the panel's investigation, on Capitol Hill in Washington, Thursday, March 22, 2018.

ANALYSIS: Does Schiff already know the Trump whistleblower’s story?

Susan Ferrechio September 21, 2019 10:00 am

Pentagon sending ‘defensive’ troops and missiles to Saudi Arabia after Iranian oil attack

Russ Read September 20, 2019 10:54 pm