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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.

Trump fires national security adviser John Bolton

Mike Brest September 10, 2019 4:02 pm

U.S. and coalition forces bomb an ISIS-held island in Iraq.

WATCH: US bombs ISIS island in Iraq

Zach Halaschak September 10, 2019 4:00 pm

Sailors inspect damage to the U.S. Navy destroyer USS Frank E. Evans after it was cut in half in a collision with the light aircraft carrier HMAS Melbourne of the Royal Australian Navy in the South China Sea, 650 miles southwest of Manila, June 3, 1969.

Senators call for defense bill to include addition of ‘Lost 74’ sailors to Vietnam Memorial

Jerry Dunleavy September 10, 2019 12:53 pm

Game on: After Trump declares peace talks ‘dead,’ US commander takes aim at Taliban

Jamie McIntyre September 10, 2019 11:40 am

FILE - In this March 7, 2018, file photo, University of California President Janet Napolitano speaks during a meeting of The Commonwealth Club in San Francisco. The University of California's governing board will not be asked to vote on raising tuition at next month's meeting, so officials and students can continue lobbying for more state funding, UC President Janet Napolitano said Thursday, April 26, 2018.

Three DHS secretaries disagree with Trump: Mexico border not a top security threat

Anna Giaritelli September 9, 2019 9:47 pm

Air Force crew stayed at Scottish Trump property because it was the cheapest option, says Pentagon

Russ Read September 9, 2019 9:27 pm

Signs promoting 5G wireless technology from Chinese technology firm Huawei are displayed at the PT Expo in Beijing.

India poised to spurn Huawei on 5G, ambassador hints

Joel Gehrke September 9, 2019 6:58 pm

Pompeo: Taliban peace talks dead ‘for the time being’

Jamie McIntyre September 9, 2019 11:38 am

Army paratrooper Sgt. 1st Class Elis Angel Barreto Ortiz is seen.

Pompeo participating in Dover ceremony to mark return of body of fallen soldier hours after Trump cancels Taliban talks

Kelly Jane Torrance September 8, 2019 2:09 am

President Trump speaks to the media.

Trump cancels secret Camp David peace talks with Taliban after deadly bombing in Kabul

Daniel Chaitin September 7, 2019 11:24 pm

Democratic presidential candidate Rep. Seth Moulton poses for a portrait.

‘Fearlessly exposed himself to enemy fire’: The only 2020 Democrat to experience combat finds it counts for little in political arena

Emily Brooks September 7, 2019 8:00 pm

In this photo released by the Atomic Energy Organization of Iran, spokesman of the organization Behrouz Kamalvandi speaks in a news briefing in Tehran, Iran, Saturday.

Iran threatens to make weapons-grade uranium with tech banned by nuclear deal

Tim Pearce September 7, 2019 4:34 pm