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Acting Defense Secretary Patrick Shanahan bid farewell to staff at the Pentagon following his resignation earlier in the week.

Acting Defense Secretary Patrick Shanahan spoke briefly to reporters about the escalating tensions between the U.S. and Iran.

At a meeting with Portugal’s defense minister, Acting Defense Secretary Patrick Shanahan reiterated earlier comments that the U.S. is working to build a consensus among the international com…

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…

Acting Defense Secretary met with his Polish counterpart, Mariusz Blaszczak, at the Pentagon for bilateral talks on a range of military and national security issues.

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 …

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 Defense Secretary Patrick Shanahan spoke briefly outside the Pentagon about Russian and U.S. warships that nearly collided with one another in the Pacific Ocean saying, “It will not d…

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 delivered the commencement address at the Naval Academy in Annapolis, Maryland. The former Boeing executive served as deputy defense secretary start…

Acting Secretary of Defense Patrick Shanahan met with his Australian and Japanese counterparts, Linda Reynolds and Takeshi Iwaya, in a trilateral defense ministerial meeting in Singapore. Th…

Acting Defense Secretary Patrick Shanahan met with his Vietnamese counterpart Ngo Xuan Lich amid the 18th International Institute for Strategic Studies (IISS) Asia Security Summit (Shangri-L…

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…

Speaking with reporters in Singapore, Acting Defense Secretary Patrick Shanahan called China’s militarization of the South China Sea “excessive.” He was in Singapore for the IISS Asia Securi…

Acting Defense Secretary Shanahan said he only learned that very morning that the White House asked the military to move the USS John S. McCain so President Trump would not see the U.S. dest…

During a press availability en route to Jakarta, Acting Defense Secretary Patrick Shanahan said recent missile testing by North Korea is in violation of a U.N. Security Council resolution. H…

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

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 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 …

Secretary of State Mike Pompeo and Acting Defense Secretary Patrick Shanahan, along with several senators, spoke to reporters following a closed briefing on Iran. Acting Secretary Shanahan s…