For the last 50 years, almost every nominee to lead the Pentagon has been a consensus pick who drew lopsided margins of ...

Last week, writing about Pete Hegseth’s hearing to be confirmed as secretary of defense ... the post by the newly elected president, George H.W. Bush. Tower had been a four-term Republican ...

Texas Republican Sen. John Tower, President-elect George H.W. Bush’s choice for Defense secretary, was voted down in 1989 after contentious confirmation hearings looking into allegations of ...

As Secretary of Defense-designate Pete Hegseth is grilled ... Once under President Ford, the second time under President George W. Bush. In light of the attacks on Hegseth, it is worth a look ...

Mullin did not dispute the women and whiskey facts that until now would have torpedoed a defense secretary nominee, as it did George H.W. Bush’s nomination of former Texas Sen. John Tower in 1989.

Bush," Secretary of Defense Lloyd J. Austin III said in a statement. "The future USS William J. Clinton and the future USS George W. Bush will serve as lasting tributes to each leader's legacy in ...

Eisenhower, USS Harry S. Truman, USS Ronald Reagan, USS George W. Bush, and USS Gerald R. Ford. Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin said that the future carriers Clinton and Bush will "serve as ...

Defense Secretary Lloyd J ... Clinton (CVN 82) and the future USS George W. Bush (CVN 83). The Department of Defense is honored by the Navy’s naming of two future Gerald R.

Clinton and George W. Bush. The lead ship ... ship and those who sail aboard her,” Bush said in the release. Secretary of Defense Lloyd J. Austin III commended the recent carrier naming ...

The new Bush vessel will join the George HW Bush, which entered service in 2009. Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin said in a statement that aircraft carriers “are the centerpiece of America’s ...