WASHINGTON (Reuters) -Robert Salesses will serve as acting defense secretary until President Donald Trump's choice for the position, Pete Hegseth, is confirmed by the Senate, two U.S. officials ...

Robert Salesses will serve as the acting secretary of defense until President Donald Trump‘s nominee, Pete Hegseth, gets confirmed by the Senate, which is expected to occur later this week.

“Mr. Robert G. Salesses was sworn in at [12:01 p.m.] to serve as the acting secretary of defense today at the Pentagon,” said a defense official who spoke on condition of anonymity.

Robert Salesses will serve as the acting secretary of defense until President Donald Trump‘s nominee, Pete Hegseth, gets confirmed by the Senate, which is expected to occur later this week.

Robert Salesses testifies on Capitol Hill. (Stefani Reynolds/Zuma Press) Robert Salesses, a longtime assistant defense secretary, is now the acting defense secretary, Pentagon officials said.

Trump names acting defense secretary with Hegseth not yet confirmed Robert Salesses is a retired Marine who served in the Gulf War and has been deputy director of the Pentagon’s Washington ...

Robert Salesses went to Rhode Island College and graduated in 1980. He worked in the private sector. His younger brother, a future military pilot, decided one day that he would join the Marine Corps.

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump has named an acting defense secretary because his choice to lead the Pentagon, Pete Hegseth, has not yet been confirmed by the Senate. Robert Salesses ...

WASHINGTON (Reuters) -Robert Salesses will serve as acting defense secretary until President Donald Trump's choice for the position, Pete Hegseth, is confirmed by the Senate, two U.S. officials ...

WASHINGTON (Reuters) -Robert Salesses will serve as acting defense secretary until President Donald Trump's choice for the position, Pete Hegseth, is confirmed by the Senate, two U.S. officials ...