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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

Venezuelan opposition leader Juan Guaido, center, who has declared himself the interim president of Venezuela, greets supporters as he arrives at a demonstration demanding the resignation of President Nicolas Maduro, in Caracas, Venezuela.

ISIS urges followers to carry out attacks in major Western cities

Hunter Lovell July 30, 2019 10:10 pm

Matthew Whitaker and John Ratcliffe are seen.

Matthew Whitaker: John Ratcliffe can find ‘systemic failures’ in origins of Russia investigation as spy chief

Jerry Dunleavy, Daniel Chaitin July 30, 2019 9:53 pm

In this Feb 23, 1945, file photo, U.S. Marines of the 28th Regiment, 5th Division, raise the American flag atop Mt. Suribachi, Iwo Jima, Japan.

75 years after Iwo Jima, US Marines storm ‘Pacific’ island with Japanese forces

Russ Read July 30, 2019 9:37 pm

Gen. John Hyten appears before the Senate Armed Services Committee on Capitol Hill in Washington, Tuesday, July 30, 2019, for his confirmation hearing to be Vice Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff.

Vindicated: With Hyten effectively cleared of sexual assault allegations, Senate poised to confirm him to Joint Chiefs

Jamie McIntyre July 30, 2019 9:07 pm

Matthew Dunbar of the United States (left) and Matthew Tonroe of the United Kingdom are seen.

Pentagon determines US and UK special operators killed by coalition accident, not roadside bomb

Russ Read July 30, 2019 7:55 pm

Former Secretary of the Air Force Heather Wilson, left, accompanied by Gen. John Hyten, right, speaks before the Senate Armed Services Committee hearing on Capitol Hill in Washington, Tuesday, July 30, 2019, for Hyten's confirmation hearing to be Vice Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff.

Former Air Force secretary tells Senate sexual assault accusation against Joint Chiefs nominee is false

Jamie McIntyre July 30, 2019 3:21 pm

In this Saturday, Feb. 19, 2011, photo, U.S. Marines from 3rd Platoon, India Company, 3rd Battalion, 5th Marine Regiment walk past children asking for candy while on patrol in Sangin district southern Helmand province of Afghanistan. The cacophony of gunfire and bombing that dominated this southern river valley in the fall has dropped to a whisper, but U.S. Marines who have paid a heavy price battling the Taliban in Afghanistan's deadliest spot expect the insurgents to hit back hard.

Two US troops killed in Afghanistan as Trump directs pre-election drawdown

Jamie McIntyre July 30, 2019 12:46 pm

Sen. Martha McSally, R-Ariz., speaks during a Senate Armed Services Committee hearing on Capitol Hill in Washington, Tuesday, July 30, 2019, for the confirmation hearing of Gen. John Hyten to be Vice Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff.

McSally backs Joint Chiefs nomination of Air Force general accused of sexual assault

Russ Read July 30, 2019 11:42 am

Election cycle driving timetable for US troop withdrawal from Afghanistan

Jamie McIntyre July 30, 2019 11:33 am

President Donald Trump speaks during a National Day of Prayer event in the Rose Garden of the White House, Thursday, May 2, 2019, in Washington.

Top lawmakers: Trump ignoring law that requires sanctions on Russia for chemical weapons poisoning

Joel Gehrke July 29, 2019 10:28 pm

Another 1,000 U.S. troops will not "fix" Afghanistan. Neither will another 5,000, or another 10,000 or 20,000. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Sgt. Justin T. Updegraff, Operation Resolute Support via AP)

Vets say Afghanistan War wasn’t worth it, but enlisted leaders find troops want deployments there

Russ Read July 29, 2019 10:18 pm

US was ‘unprepared’ to equip Afghan forces, inspector general says

Russ Read July 29, 2019 10:10 pm