“The era of the United States subsidizing the defense of wealthy nations is over,” Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth said.
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“The era of the United States subsidizing the defense of wealthy nations is over,” Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth said.
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth delivers his address during the Shangri-La Dialogue, Asia's annual defense and security forum, in Singapore on May 30, 2026.
President Donald Trump walks with China's Vice President Han Zheng during a welcome ceremony on May 13, 2026, at Beijing Capital International Airport.
President Donald Trump, left, and Chinese President Xi Jinping arrive for talks at the Gimhae Air Base in Busan, South Korea, on Oct. 30, 2025.
U.S. Army troops simulate an attack against an enemy during a demonstration of capabilities at the Grafenwoehr training grounds on March 13, 2026, near Grafenwoehr, Germany.
President Donald Trump speaks during a meeting with German Chancellor Friedrich Merz in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington, March 3, 2026.
Then-Republican Senate candidate Hung Cao speaks during a rally for President Donald Trump on June 28, 2024, in Chesapeake, Virginia.
John Phelan, who served just over a year in his post, had helped conceive of the new battleships to curry favor with President Donald Trump, according to two people familiar with the matter.
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An F-15 Eagle fighter aircraft flies on Sept. 24, 2024.
Randy George is the latest in a line of more than a dozen top military officials that Pete Hegseth has ousted.
President Donald Trump meets with NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte in the Oval Office on October 22, 2025.
Secretary of State Marco Rubio arrives to attend talks during a G7 Foreign Ministers' meeting outside Paris on March 27, 2026.
Smoke and fire rise amid airstrikes at the Mehrabad International Airport in Tehran on March 7, 2026.
Kids walk around an Iranian missile after it fell near Qamishli International Airport, near the Turkish border in Hasakah, Syria on March 4, 2026, amid the U.S.-Israeli conflict with Iran.
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth (center) and White House deputy chief of staff Stephen Miller pose for a group photo with officials and security leaders from across Latin America and the Caribbean at the inaugural Americas Counter Cartel Conference in Doral, Florida, on March 5.
An Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer fires a Tomahawk land attack missile in support of Operation Epic Fury on March 1, 2026.
US Airforce KC-46 Pegasus tankers and one P-8 Poseidon tankersfrom the US Navy are seen stationed at Lajes Air Base in the Azores on February 23, 2026. The United States has intensified its use of the air base amid tensions with Iran.
President Zelenskyy: 'Only United States can stop Putin'
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