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The Pentagon hosted a wreath-laying ceremony to honor the fallen, at Arlington National Cemetery.

Acting Defense Secretary Patrick Shanahan and General Joseph Dunford, the Joint Chiefs of Staff chair, testified before the Senate Armed Services Committee on President Trump’s fiscal year 2…

President Trump held a working lunch at the White House with President Andrzej Duda of Poland. They were joined by several members of the president’s Cabinet, including Secretary of State Mi…

NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg met with President Trump and his Cabinet at the White House.

Secretary of State Mike Pompeo, Acting Secretary of Defense Patrick Shanahan, Japanese Foreign Minister Taro Kono, and Defense Minister Takeshi Iwaya held a news conference at the State Depa…

Acting Defense Secretary Patrick Shanahan delivered his first major speech overseas, speaking to hundreds of delegates at the 18th International Institute for Strategic Studies (IISS) Asia S…

At a meeting with his Greek counterpart, Evangelos Apostolakis, Acting Defense Secretary Shanahan called the near-collision between Russian and U.S. warships in the Pacific “unsafe and unpro…

Acting Secretary of Defense Patrick Shanahan disputed reports that the Trump administration had plans to send 5,000 more troops to the Middle East. “We are considering force protection...It …

Acting Defense Secretary Patrick Shanahan testified on the agency’s fiscal year 2020 budget request. Also testifying before the House Appropriations Subcommittee on Defense were Joint Chiefs…

Acting Defense Secretary Patrick Shanahan met with Philippines National Defense Secretary Delfin Lorenzana at the Pentagon.

President Trump participated in an Oval Office memorandum signing to launch the “Women’s Global Development and Prosperity” initiative, championed by his daughter and assistant, Ivanka Trump…

Acting Defense Secretary Patrick Shanahan visited with troops at the U.S. southern border in El Paso, Texas. His trip came amid his decision to determine the amount of funds to allocate for …

Acting Defense Secretary Patrick Shanahan and Joint Chiefs of Staff Chair General Joseph Dunford were among the witnesses at a Senate Armed Services Committee hearing on the creation of a U.…

Speaking with reporters before the arrival of NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg, Acting Defense Secretary Shanahan called talks with the Taliban “encouraging.” He also said he hax not …

Acting Secretary of Defense Patrick Shanahan spoke to reporters briefly about force protection measures in the Middle East after welcoming his Vietnamese counterpart to the Pentagon for bila…

Acting Secretary of Defense held bilateral talks with his South Korean counterpart, Jeong Kyeong-doo, at the Pentagon.

Acting Defense Secretary Patrick Shanahan spoke to reporters outside the Pentagon as he awaited the arrival of the Austrian defense minister for bilateral talks.

Acting Secretary of Defense Patrick Shanahan met with his Latvian counterpart at the Pentagon for bilateral talks. Following their remarks, Secretary Shanahan responded to questions about hi…

Acting Secretary of Defense Patrick Shanahan met for talks with NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg at the Pentagon on defense spending, the security situation in Afghanistan, and talks …

Acting Defense Secretary Patrick Shanahan spoke briefly with reporters before welcoming his Polish counterpart, Mariusz Blaszczak, to the Pentagon for bilateral talks on a range of military …