United States Secretary of Defense

He “is retaining the functions and duties of his office,” said Pentagon press secretary Maj. Gen. Pat Ryder.
The 70-year-old retired general appears to have kept the truth about his diagnosis and treatment under wraps.
Defense Deputy Secretary Kathleen Hicks only learned of Secretary Lloyd Austin's hospitalization days after she was told to assume some of his duties.
Sec. of Defense Mark Esper says he opposes deploying active-duty military troops to subdue protests. President Donald Trump has repeatedly suggested invoking the Insurrection Act to do so.
Ukraine’s president says he will meet Sunday in Kyiv with the U.S. secretary of state and secretary of defense.
"It's pretty much definitive" that the storming of the Capitol would not have happened without Trump's speech, Christopher Miller said in a Vice interview.
Lloyd Austin, in his first directive since taking office, moved on his pledge to immediately address sexual misconduct in the ranks.
President Biden made history by nominating Austin. But picking a retired general also threatens the bedrock democratic principle of civilian control of the military.
William Cohen, who worked as secretary of defense under President Bill Clinton, described fellow Republicans eager to please Trump as "diabolical."