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Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth visits Southern border

Defense Secretary Vows to Use Thousands of Active-Duty Troops to Secure Border

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth vowed during a visit to the southwestern border on Monday to use thousands of U.S. active-duty troops to help stem migrant crossings, a top priority for President Trump.

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Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth visits southern border. Here's the latest.

Fort Bliss officials confirmed that U.S. Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth was visiting the Borderland on Monday. His visit includes stops along the border in Santa Teresa, New Mexico, where presumably reserve and active-duty troops would be deployed to secure the U.

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Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth to visit El Paso

Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth is in El Paso today for his first official visit to the southern border. Hegseth is set to meet with officials from Joint Task Force North, headquartered at Fort Bliss,

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Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth cancels celebrations at DOD. What is Black History Month?

New defense secretary Pete Hegseth has canceled all cultural awareness months in the Department of Defense, including Black ...

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Defense Department To Boot NBC News, New York Times And Other Media From Workspaces As Part Of New Rotation; Trump-Friendly Outlets To Get Spots

Major press organizations are expressing concern after the Defense Department announced changes that mean that NBC News, The ...

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Hegseth arrives for 1st day at Pentagon stressing Defense's mission to protect 'sovereign territory of the US'

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth vowed to quickly comply with President Donald Trump's border executive orders upon arriving ...

Hegseth announces death of ‘identity months’ at DOD as part of DEI crackdown

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth invited service members and civilians to still attend celebrations in their "unofficial capacity outside of duty hours." ...

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U.S. Army South leads joint task force in support of illegal alien holding operation in Guantanamo Bay

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Defense Department pauses all social media posts pending review by incoming secretary

In the future, all social media posts from the Department of Defense will reflect an emphasis solely on "warfighting and ...

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Video: Trump orders construction of US ‘Iron Dome’ missile defense system

President Trump issued an executive order regarding the construction of a "next-generation missile defense shield" similar to ...

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Trump’s missile shield marks shift in homeland defense strategy

Trump's order establishing an Iron Dome for America includes a wider focus to defend the homeland from air and missile ...

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The Department of Army identifies two of three Army Soldiers involved in Helicopter Crash

A United States Army UH-60 Blackhawk helicopter crashed at approximately 9 p.m. while performing a training mission near ...

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