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ISRAEL AT WAR - DAY 534

US defense secretary

Then-nominee for US Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth flashes a thumbs-up as he leaves a Senate Armed Services Committee confirmation hearing at the Capitol in Washington, January 14, 2025. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)
January 25, 2025, 8:18 am
US Senate confirms Trump’s defense secretary nominee Hegseth after tie-breaking vote
Vance casts deciding vote after three Republicans oppose the US Army veteran and former Fox News host accused of heavy drinking and abusing his ex-wife
By LISA MASCARO, MARY CLARE JALONICK and Farnoush Amiri
A maritime pier being built by the US military off the coast of the Gaza Strip, in an image released on April 29, 2024. (CENTCOM)
May 3, 2024, 6:48 pm
US defense secretary: No signs Hamas plans to attack our troops building Gaza pier
Lloyd Austin says measures being put in place for safety of US personnel, as ‘this is a combat zone and a number of things can happen’
By Agencies, Emanuel Fabian and ToI Staff
US Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin makes a joint statement with Defense Minister Yoav Gallant in Tel Aviv, December 18, 2023. (Maya Alleruzzo/AP)
January 7, 2024, 11:59 pm
White House was unaware for days that defense chief Lloyd Austin was hospitalized
Failure to disclose Austin’s illness at a time when the US is juggling numerous national security crises raises eyebrows among Biden administration officials, members of Congress
By Lolita C. Baldor
Former defense secretary Donald Rumsfeld speaks at the dedication of Pentagon Memorial, September 11, 2008. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais, File)
June 30, 2021, 11:33 pm
Iraq War architect Donald Rumsfeld, former US defense secretary, dies at 88
Two-time Pentagon chief had a storied career in government under four presidents, but his vision of a modern US military was unraveled by the long and costly war in the Middle East
By Robert Burns
In this Sept. 16, 2015, photo, US Central Command Commander Gen. Lloyd Austin III, testifies on Capitol Hill in Washington. Biden will nominate retired four-star Army general Lloyd J. Austin to be secretary of defense. That's according to three people familiar with the decision who spoke on condition of anonymity because the selection hadn't been formally announced. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais, File)
December 8, 2020, 3:46 am
Biden to pick former general Lloyd Austin as US secretary of defense
Austin would be first Black leader of Pentagon, selected ahead of longtime front-runner Michele Flournoy; move likely to draw opposition over putting ex-military man in post
By Robert Burns, MICHAEL BALSAMO, Jonathan Lemire and Zeke Miller
In this July 8, 2019, photo, acting US Secretary of Defense Mark Esper waits for the arrival of Qatar's Emir Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani at the Pentagon. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)
July 16, 2019, 1:54 am
Trump officially taps Esper for defense chief ahead of hearings
Expected confirmation would end seven months without Pentagon chief after Mattis resignation; Navy leader Richard Spencer takes over as acting defense chief
By Robert Burns
Acting US Secretary of Defense Patrick Shanahan, arrives for his first day in his new job at the Pentagon in Washington, DC, January 2, 2019. (Photo by SAUL LOEB / AFP)
January 3, 2019, 6:00 am
Shanahan takes Pentagon helm as Trump blasts Mattis
The former Boeing exec was thrust onto the world stage when Mattis quit last month amid long-running disagreements with the US president
By Thomas WATKINS
US Defense Secretary Jim Mattis responds to a reporter's question during a meeting with Philippine Secretary of National Defense Delfin Lorenzana at the Pentagon, on September 18, 2018. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta)
October 14, 2018, 6:49 pm
Trump: Mattis ‘sort of a Democrat,’ could be leaving soon
US president defends his frequent cabinet reshuffling, calls his Pentagon chief a ‘good guy’
By AFP
US Defense Secretary James Mattis arrives at Israel’s Ben Gurion International Airport on April 20, 2017. (Matty Stern/US Embassy Tel Aviv/Flash90)
April 20, 2017, 8:41 pm
US defense secretary arrives in Israel for two-day visit
Mattis scheduled to meet with Netanyahu on Friday to discuss Iran, Lebanon and Syria, as well other regional issues
By Alexander Fulbright
US Defence Minister James Mattis (C) and NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg arrive to attend a NATO defense ministers meetings at NATO headquarters in Brussels, Belgium, on February 15, 2017. (AFP/ Emmanuel Dunand)
February 15, 2017, 9:02 pm
Mattis threatens: NATO allies must pay their share
US defense secretary says America will ‘moderate its commitment’ unless members increase their spending
By AFP
Defense Secretary-designate James Mattis answers questions at his confirmation hearing before the Senate Armed Services Committee on Capitol Hill in Washington, Thursday, Jan. 12, 2017. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)
January 27, 2017, 4:41 am
In call, Mattis assures Liberman of ‘unwavering commitment to Israel’
New Pentagon chief also telephones French and German counterparts to reassure them of US commitment to NATO
By ToI Staff
Iraqi army soldiers hold a flag from the Islamic State jihadist group up-side-down on November 23, 2016, near an Iraqi army base in the outskirts of Mosul. (AFP/Thomas Coex)
December 11, 2016, 8:50 pm
US commander: Over 2,000 jihadists killed, gravely wounded in Mosul fight
There are still an estimated 3,000 to 5,000 Islamic State fighters defending Iraqi city
By Robert Burns
This file photo taken on November 20, 2016 shows US President-elect Donald Trump meeting with retired Marine Corps general John Kelly at the clubhouse of Trump National Golf Club in Bedminster, New Jersey. (AFP PHOTO/DON EMMERT)
December 8, 2016, 8:39 am
Trump stacks top defense posts with retired generals, raising eyebrows
Some fear nomination of Kelly, Mattis and Flynn will militarize government, but others see former commanders bringing sobering view to counter rush to war
By Thomas WATKINS
President-elect Donald Trump talks to the media as he stands with retired Marine Corps Gen. James Mattis at the Trump National Golf Club Bedminster clubhouse in Bedminster, N.J., Saturday, Nov. 19, 2016. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)
December 2, 2016, 4:30 am
In Ohio, Trump declares new defense chief ‘Mad Dog Mattis’ is ‘our best’
Former head of Central Command ‘the closest thing to General George Patton that we have,’ enthuses president-elect
By ToI Staff
(L to R) Vice President-elect Mike Pence, President-elect Donald Trump, and retired United States Marine Corps general James Mattis exit the clubhouse after their meeting at Trump International Golf Club, November 19, 2016 in Bedminster Township, New Jersey. (Drew Angerer/Getty Images/AFP)
December 2, 2016, 12:40 am
Ex-general and settlements critic Mattis named new US defense secretary
The head of US Mideast forces till 2013 has warned Israeli policies may lead to ‘apartheid,’ called Iran the region’s ‘single most enduring threat’
By Eric Cortellessa and ToI Staff
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