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 ...

The Pentagon on Monday swore in Robert G. Salesses as the acting secretary of Defense while ... Salesses has also served in roles including assistant secretary of Defense for homeland defense and ...

Robert Salesses, who is performing the duties of deputy secretary of defense, said in a statement Wednesday evening that the department intends to produce budgets "that revive the warrior ethos ...

In a statement, Acting Deputy Secretary of Defense Robert Salesses said the cuts were being conceived to pay for other Trump administration defense priorities, including a desired “Iron Dome for ...

In a statement late Wednesday, Robert Salesses, who is performing the duties of deputy secretary of defense, said “the time for preparation is over" and “excessive bureaucracy" and programs ...

Deputy Secretary of Defense Robert Salesses said the Pentagon will put forward budgets "that revive the warrior ethos, rebuild our military, and reestablish deterrence." At the direction of ...

In a statement late Wednesday, Robert Salesses, who is performing the duties of deputy secretary of defense, said “the time for preparation is over” and “excessive bureaucracy” and ...