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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 is seen.

John Bolton’s departure could resurrect Trump’s Taliban talks

Joel Gehrke September 12, 2019 4:34 pm

FILE - This undated file photo provided by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office shows the StingRay II, a cellular site simulator used for surveillance purposes manufactured by Harris Corporation, of Melbourne, Fla.

Israel blamed for spy devices found near White House

Caitlin Yilek September 12, 2019 12:52 pm

Half of post-9/11 veterans report ‘traumatic or distressing experiences’ in the military

Russ Read September 12, 2019 12:09 pm

Trump says he has 5 finalists for national security adviser and will announce the winner next week

Jamie McIntyre September 12, 2019 11:40 am

Defense Secretary Jim Mattis listens to a question on the Department of Defense budget posture during a Senate Armed Services Committee hearing, Thursday April 26, 2018, on Capitol Hill in Washington.

Former Mattis aide gets approval to publish memoir after suing Pentagon

Daniel Chaitin September 12, 2019 1:11 am

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau gestures during a roundtable discussion with members of the Canadian Technology Accelerator in Cambridge, Mass.

Canadian PM Justin Trudeau calls election as Mounties say he’s stonewalling on scandal

Kelly Jane Torrance September 11, 2019 9:32 pm

Rand Paul and John Brennan.

National security ‘chaos’: John Brennan says Bolton ouster sends a signal to American enemies

Daniel Chaitin September 11, 2019 8:07 pm

Secretary of State Mike Pompeo is seen.

Pompeo could ‘pull a Kissinger’ and replace Bolton while remaining secretary of state: Sources

Steven Nelson September 11, 2019 5:11 pm

United States U.N. Ambassador Samantha Power speaks during her final press conference, Friday, Jan. 13, 2017 at U.N. headquarters.

‘I hated my voting instructions’: Samantha Power defied Obama to block Russia from UN body

Joel Gehrke September 11, 2019 1:47 pm

The Tribute in Light rises above the lower Manhattan skyline, Tuesday, Sept. 10, 2019 in New York. Wednesday marks the 18th anniversary of the terror attacks against the United States of Sept. 11, 2001.

‘Strategically confused’: 18 years after 9/11, concern the US still doesn’t know its enemy persists

Russ Read September 11, 2019 1:30 pm

Special Sept. 11 edition: The truth about the 9/11 attacks still in question 18 years later

Jamie McIntyre September 11, 2019 11:34 am

Four military working dogs given nation’s top award for their service

Julio Rosas September 11, 2019 4:05 am