'Proud moment': Acting defense secretary grew up in RI, son of a retired Marine general
It's been a proud couple of days for Warren's John J. Salesses, father of the acting secretary of defense, Robert G. Salesses ...
Mitch McConnell votes against Pete Hegseth for defense secretary in one of his first votes outside of Republican leadership
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It’s not clear who will lead the Pentagon when Trump takes office. What happens then?
President Barack Obama asked his Republican predecessor’s defense secretary, Robert Gates, to stay on as his own Pentagon leader in 2009. In 2017, Jim Mattis, Trump’s pick to be secretary ...
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'Proud moment': Acting defense secretary grew up in RI, son of a retired Marine general
Then, about a week ago, Salesses recalls, one of his other sons told him something interesting: "Bob" was in line to serve as acting U.S. Secretary of Defense in the opening days of the second ...