July 25, 2025 Baltic States Pledge to Meet NATO's 5% GDP Military Target Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth held an enhanced honor cordon and quadrilateral meeting at the Pentagon, welcoming Estonian Defense Minister Hanno Pevkur, Latvian Defense Minister Andris Sprūds and Lithuanian Defense Minister Dovilė Šakalienė.
July 21, 2025 Hegseth, Philippine President Meet to Advance Deterrence in Indo-Pacific Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth hosted Philippine President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. at the Pentagon, where the two leaders reaffirmed their commitment to the U.S.-Philippines Mutual Defense Treaty and discussed security concerns in the Asia-Pacific region.
July 17, 2025 Hegseth, Caine Welcome Bahraini Armed Forces Commander to Pentagon Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth and Air Force Gen. Dan Caine, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, welcomed Bahrain Crown Prince Salman bin Hamad Al Khalifa to the Pentagon to reaffirm the U.S.-Bahrain defense partnership.
July 14, 2025 Hegseth Thanks German Counterpart for Stepping Up to Defense Challenges Germany committed to a permanent brigade in Lithuania, a sizable purchase of F-35 Lightning II fighter jets, an increase in defense spending and being a key nexus for providing support to Ukraine during a meeting with Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth at the Pentagon.
July 9, 2025 Hegseth, Senior Officials Welcome Netanyahu to Pentagon Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth and a handful of senior Defense Department and military officials welcomed Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to the Pentagon to commemorate recent successes in military operations against Iran.
July 2, 2025 DOD 'Capability Review' to Analyze Where Military Aid Goes, Ensure America Is First The capability review is being conducted to ensure U.S. military aid aligns with the defense priorities, Chief Pentagon Spokesman Sean Parnell said during a briefing.
July 2, 2025 Argentina Increases Military Ties to the United States Argentina and the United States will continue to build on their more than 200-year relationship, Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth said.
July 1, 2025 U.S., India Talk 10-Year Cooperative Framework, Defense Cooperation, Shared Priorities Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth met today at the Pentagon with India's External Affairs Minister S. Jaishankar to discuss the close cooperation between the two countries, weapons sales and the upcoming signing of the framework for the new defense partnership.
June 26, 2025 'Historically Successful' Strike on Iranian Nuclear Site Was 15 Years in the Making Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth and Air Force Gen. Dan Caine, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff held a press briefing to share more details about the success of Operation Midnight Hammer, which had been in the works for 15 years.
June 25, 2025 NATO Leaders Pledge to Increase Defense Spending During a press briefing on the last day of the NATO Summit in The Hague, Netherlands, President Donald J. Trump emphasized the need for all member states to share the financial burden of European defense spending.