Buria started the year as the secretary’s junior military assistant, a post he took on last April for Hegseth’s predecessor, Lloyd Austin. The role — abbreviated as “JMA” — is a ...

President Donald Trump said he supports Pete Hegseth amid the Department of Defense secretary’s latest controversy involving using the messaging app Signal. “He’s doing a great job,” Trump ...

The question came from Col. Ricky Buria, a former aide to previous Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin who has rapidly established himself as a key member of Hegseth’s inner circle, multiple people ...

(CNN) — Last month, after news broke that Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth was using Signal to discuss sensitive military operations in violation of Pentagon policy, one of his closest military ...

U.S. Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin has stated that there is no current indication that Russian President Vladimir Putin intends to use nuclear weapons, even as Ukraine has escalated its military ...

“This is Lloyd Austin, he is a four-star general. He was the previous secretary of defense. You ever seen him before? No. You know why? He was inside the Pentagon doing his job — he was not on ...

Former Deputy Chief of Staff for Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin Caroline Zier and Politico White House Correspondent Eli Stokols joins Christina Ruffini to react.April 22, 2025 ...