The Defense secretary's absence marks the first time in the Ukraine Defense Contact Group’s history that a Pentagon chief misses the monthly meeting.

The defense secretary said, in so many words, that we cannot count on the Pentagon's compliance with a federal court order.

Tensions, absences and quiet chats at Asia’s premier security summit. The US sent Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth but China ...

U.S. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth did not attend, the first time a Pentagon chief has been absent since the forum for ...

U.S. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth would only arrive in Brussels after it's over. He will participate in a meeting of NATO defense ministers on Thursday. His absence is the latest in a series of ...

As the AP notes, Hegseth’s absence from the meeting is “the latest in a series ... It includes representatives from more than 50 countries, including all NATO members and most E.U. states.

The troop deployment triggered several fiery exchanges that at times devolved into shouting matches as committee members and ...

Who and what to know Hegseth’s office cited scheduling concerns as the reason for his absence from the meeting, though the defense secretary will be in Brussels on Thursday for a different NATO ...