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.

So the 91-year-old Rhode Islander was aware that his second-oldest son, Robert G. Salesses ... "Bob" was in line to serve as acting U.S. Secretary of Defense in the opening days of the second ...

Robert Salesses, deputy director of the Pentagon’s Washington Headquarters Service, will fill in as acting secretary of defense ... Navy and Air Force. To serve in the post s, the incoming ...