He was joined by U.S. Defense Secretary Pete ... Hegseth and Gen Nakatani, the Japanese defense minister. It is the first time for the defense ministers of both countries to commemorate the 1945 ...

The joint attendance of Defense Minister Gen Nakatani and U.S. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth will provide ... depicting U.S. Marines raising the American flag on Mount Suribachi on Iwoto.

U.S. Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth ... Japanese and American soldiers faced off in one of the war's fiercest battles. He joined several American veterans who survived the battle and Japanese ...

US Secretary of Defense Pete ... American-Japanese friendship and trust" while attending a memorial service on Iwo Jima to honor those who died in a pivotal World War II battle, according to AP ...

TOKYO — U.S. Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth ... American-Japanese friendship and trust while attending a memorial service on Iwo Jima to honor those who died in a pivotal World War II battle.

“Nobody’s texting war plans,” insisted Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth to reporters ... Houthi militia sites in Yemen, Mr. Hegseth risked the lives of American war fighters.” ...

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth ordered the military ... without improving soldiers' readiness for battle. In a memo dated Sunday, Hegseth directed the heads of the the military's departments ...