Robert Salesses, a longtime assistant defense secretary, is now the acting defense secretary, Pentagon officials said. Salesses is the deputy assistant defense secretary for defense continuity and ...

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 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 ...

CORRECTION: This story has been corrected to reflect Robert Salesses is performing the duties of the deputy defense secretary.

The Pentagon on Monday swore in Robert G. Salesses as the acting secretary of Defense while President Trump’s nominee Pete Hegseth awaits Senate confirmation. Salesses was sworn in just after noon, ...

as well as excessive bureaucracy," according to a statement from acting Deputy Secretary of Defense Robert Salesses on Wednesday night. It was unclear from the statement what new programs would ...