HON Pete Hegseth

U.S. Department of Defense

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After Donald Trump selected Pete Hegseth to lead the Defense Department, the Senate confirmed him on a 50–50 vote with Vice President JD Vance voting yea; Vance swore Hegseth in on January 25, 2025, and the department's current biography records that he remains its secretary as of September 3, 2026.
Current biography and January 25, 2025 swearing-in
Trump's defense nominee won a 50–50 Senate vote with the vice president breaking the tie · Defense secretary as of September 3, 2026
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Hegseth held the defense-secretary position after Trump selected him for that office.
Secretary biography
Hegseth reverses Fort Liberty's name change, restoring Bragg with a different honoree · Renaming directed by memorandum
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Pete Hegseth was the Trump-appointed defense secretary.
Appointment or biography record identifying Pete Hegseth as Trump-appointed defense secretary
DOGE entered the Pentagon while Musk companies held billions in defense work · Pentagon said DOGE personnel would review spending under department supervision
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Pete Hegseth was the Trump-appointed defense secretary.
Appointment or biography record identifying Pete Hegseth as Trump-appointed defense secretary
DOGE card controls paused protective-equipment purchases for troops · Defense offices sought exemptions for protective-equipment purchases
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Pete Hegseth was the Trump-appointed defense secretary.
Appointment or biography record identifying Pete Hegseth as Trump-appointed defense secretary
DOGE payment controls interrupted work recovering missing service members' remains · Defense offices sought workarounds to resume remains-recovery support
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Hegseth served as defense secretary following his selection by Trump.
Secretary biography
Hegseth orders cuts to senior military officer positions · Reduction directive issued; targets are not verified completed departures
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Pete Hegseth was the Trump-appointed defense secretary.
Appointment or biography record identifying Pete Hegseth as Trump-appointed defense secretary
Pentagon awarded Musk's xAI a contract with a $200 million ceiling · xAI joined three other frontier-model vendors under parallel ceiling awards
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Donald Trump selected Pete Hegseth as defense secretary, the cabinet office Hegseth held when the reported broker inquiry and subsequent Senate questions arose.
Biography identifying Hegseth as Trump's defense-secretary selection
Hegseth's broker was reported to have sought a defense-sector ETF purchase before the Iran war · Pentagon denied the report March 30; senators requested records April 1
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The Defense Department announced on June 29, 2026 that Trump's defense secretary Pete Hegseth approved Marc Andreessen and Blake Masters as members of the Defense Policy Board, which advises senior department leaders on strategy, force structure, modernization, and national-security policy.
Biography identifying Hegseth as Trump's defense secretary
Hegseth appointed Pentagon advisers with investment links to Donald Trump Jr.'s venture fund · Andreessen and Masters joined the Defense Policy Board on June 29, 2026
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Pete Hegseth was the Trump-appointed defense secretary.
Appointment or biography record identifying Pete Hegseth as Trump-appointed defense secretary
A $28 million DCSA savings claim was followed by a $27.4 million replacement award · Replacement contract with the same contractor remained part of GAO's net-savings caveat
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Pete Hegseth was the Trump-appointed defense secretary.
Appointment or biography record identifying Pete Hegseth as Trump-appointed defense secretary
DOGE claimed $62.7 million on an Air Force IT contract; GAO found $21.6 million deobligated · GAO could not determine final savings after extension and follow-on work
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Pete Hegseth was the Trump-appointed defense secretary.
Appointment or biography record identifying Pete Hegseth as Trump-appointed defense secretary
DOGE claimed more than $1.7 billion on a Defense Health IT contract with no recorded reduction · GAO recorded zero savings and no terminating contract action
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Pete Hegseth was the Trump-appointed defense secretary.
Appointment or biography record identifying Pete Hegseth as Trump-appointed defense secretary
DOGE labeled a $3.75 billion Air Force contract-ceiling cut as savings · Contract remained active after its ceiling fell from $12.5 billion
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Hegseth served as Trump's selected defense secretary when the reported promotion-list removals occurred.
Secretary biography
Report: Hegseth removes at least six Army officers from a two-star promotion list · Reported removal from promotion list; individual motives not established