secretary

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Mara Karlin, who served as assistant secretary of defense for strategy during the Biden administration, said the priority then was beefing up the military presence in the Pacific.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 1, 2026

A Pentagon spokesman denied the report, saying no one representing Hegseth, or for that matter the defense secretary himself, ever approached BlackRock.

From MarketWatch • Mar. 31, 2026

Separately, the defence secretary told Saudi Arabia's defence minister that the UK will deploy air defence missile system Sky Sabre there this week along with teams to operate the system.

From BBC • Mar. 31, 2026

"Officers and staff will still be tied up monitoring incidents that do not meet the criminal threshold, at a cost in time and resources," added shadow home secretary Chris Philp.

From BBC • Mar. 30, 2026

She introduced herself as President Kennedy’s personal secretary.

From "Fallout: Spies, Superbombs, and the Ultimate Cold War Showdown" by Steve Sheinkin