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Koizumi-Hegseth talks

Koizumi-Hegseth talks

Japanese Defense Minister Shinjiro Koizumi meets the press following his talks with U.S. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth near Washington on Jan. 15, 2026.

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Koizumi, Hegseth take part in training

Koizumi, Hegseth take part in training

Japanese Defense Minister Shinjiro Koizumi (L) and U.S. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth take part in military-style exercises at a U.S. military facility near Washington on Jan. 15, 2026.

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Koizumi, Hegseth take part in training

Koizumi, Hegseth take part in training

Japanese Defense Minister Shinjiro Koizumi (L) and U.S. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth take part in military-style exercises at a U.S. military facility near Washington on Jan. 15, 2026.

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Koizumi, Hegseth take part in training

Koizumi, Hegseth take part in training

Japanese Defense Minister Shinjiro Koizumi (L) and U.S. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth take part in military-style exercises at a U.S. military facility near Washington on Jan. 15, 2026.

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Koizumi-Hegseth talks

Koizumi-Hegseth talks

Japanese Defense Minister Shinjiro Koizumi (front) holds talks with U.S. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth near Washington on Jan. 15, 2026.

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Koizumi-Hegseth talks

Koizumi-Hegseth talks

Japanese Defense Minister Shinjiro Koizumi (2nd from L) holds talks with U.S. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth (3rd from R) near Washington on Jan. 15, 2026.

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Koizumi-Hegseth talks

Koizumi-Hegseth talks

Japanese Defense Minister Shinjiro Koizumi (L) and U.S. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth pose before their talks near Washington on Jan. 15, 2026.

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Defense Secretary Speaks at Lockheed Martin Facility - Fort Worth

Defense Secretary Speaks at Lockheed Martin Facility - Fort Worth

NO FILM, NO VIDEO, NO TV, NO DOCUMENTARY - Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth speaks at Lockheed Martin's Fort Worth, Texas facility on Monday, Jan. 12, 2026, as part of his "Arsenal of Freedom" industry tour. The Fort Worth facility builds the F-35 Lightning II fighter aircraft. Photo by Amanda McCoy/Forth Worth Star-Telegram/TNS/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Defense Secretary Speaks at Lockheed Martin Facility - Fort Worth

Defense Secretary Speaks at Lockheed Martin Facility - Fort Worth

NO FILM, NO VIDEO, NO TV, NO DOCUMENTARY - Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth speaks at Lockheed Martin's Fort Worth, Texas facility on Monday, Jan. 12, 2026, as part of his "Arsenal of Freedom" industry tour. The Fort Worth facility builds the F-35 Lightning II fighter aircraft. Photo by Amanda McCoy/Fort Worth Star-Telegram/TNS/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Defense Secretary Speaks at Lockheed Martin Facility - Fort Worth

Defense Secretary Speaks at Lockheed Martin Facility - Fort Worth

NO FILM, NO VIDEO, NO TV, NO DOCUMENTARY - Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth, center, talks with Lockheed Martin employees before signing a F-35 Lighting II fighter jet at Lockheed Martin's Fort Worth, Texas facility on Monday, Jan. 12, 2026. Hegseth visited the facility as part of his "Arsenal of Freedom" industry tour. Photo by Amanda McCoy/Fort Worth Star-Telegram/TNS/ABACAPRESS.COM

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PEOPLE AND DEFENSE 2026

PEOPLE AND DEFENSE 2026

Sweden's King Carl Gustaf and Crown Princess Victoria are received by County Governor Helena Höij, Jan-Olof Jacke, Chairman of Folk och Försvar, and Maud Holma von Heijne, Secretary General of Folk och Försvar, at the Folk och Försvar Annual National Conference at the Högfjällshotellet in Sälen, Sweden, January 11, 2026.Photo: Henrik Montgomery / TT / Code 10060

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PEOPLE AND DEFENSE 2026

PEOPLE AND DEFENSE 2026

Crown Princess Victoria and King Carl Gustaf are received by County Governor Helena Höij, Jan-Olof Jacke, Chairman of Folk och Försvar, and Maud Holma von Heijne, Secretary General of Folk och Försvar, at the Folk och Försvar Annual National Conference at the Högfjällshotellet in Sälen, Sweden, January 11, 2026.Photo: Henrik Montgomery / TT / Code 10060

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Japan LDP policy chief in Philippines

Japan LDP policy chief in Philippines

Takayuki Kobayashi (C), policy chief of Japan's ruling Liberal Democratic Party, meets the press following talks with Philippine Defense Secretary Gilberto Teodoro in Manila on Jan. 7, 2026.

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Japan LDP policy chief in Philippines

Japan LDP policy chief in Philippines

Takayuki Kobayashi (L), policy chief of Japan's ruling Liberal Democratic Party, holds talks with Philippine Defense Secretary Gilberto Teodoroin Manila on Jan. 7, 2026.

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Donald Trump at news conference at the Mar-a-Lago Club in Palm Beach

Donald Trump at news conference at the Mar-a-Lago Club in Palm Beach

Marco Rubio, US secretary of state, from left, US President Donald Trump, and Pete Hegseth, US secretary of defense, during a news conference at the Mar-a-Lago Club in Palm Beach, Florida, US, on Saturday, Jan. 3, 2026. President Nicolas Maduro has been charged in the US after he was captured and flown out of Venezuela, following a series of airstrikes that mark an extraordinary escalation in the Trump administration's months-long campaign against the country. Photo by Nicole Combeau/Pool/ABACAPRESS.COM

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President Donald Trump Awards Mexican Border Defense Medal in Oval Office

President Donald Trump Awards Mexican Border Defense Medal in Oval Office

Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth speaks before presenting 13 service members with Mexican Border Defense Medals during a ceremony in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington, DC on Monday, December 15, 2025. Photo by Bonnie Cash/Pool/ABACAPRESS.COM

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President Donald Trump Awards Mexican Border Defense Medal in Oval Office

President Donald Trump Awards Mexican Border Defense Medal in Oval Office

Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth and Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Dan Caine look on as President Donald Trump speaks before presenting Mexican Border Defense Medals to 13 service members during a ceremony in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington, DC on Monday, December 15, 2025. Photo by Bonnie Cash/Pool/ABACAPRESS.COM

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President Donald Trump Awards Mexican Border Defense Medal in Oval Office

President Donald Trump Awards Mexican Border Defense Medal in Oval Office

Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth speaks before presenting 13 service members with Mexican Border Defense Medals during a ceremony in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington, DC on Monday, December 15, 2025. Photo by Bonnie Cash/Pool/ABACAPRESS.COM

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President Donald Trump Awards Mexican Border Defense Medal in Oval Office

President Donald Trump Awards Mexican Border Defense Medal in Oval Office

Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth looks on as President Donald Trump speaks before presenting Mexican Border Defense Medals to 13 service members during a ceremony in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington, DC on Monday, December 15, 2025. Photo by Bonnie Cash/Pool/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Trump Announces Border Defense Medals

Trump Announces Border Defense Medals

US Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth whispers to Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt as President Donald Trump announces the success of his border policies before a Mexican Border Defense Medal Presentation in the Oval office of the White House on Monday, December 15, 2025. He also Photo by Bonnie Cash/Pool/ABACAPRESS.COM

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President Trump pardons turkey in the Rose Garden of the White House

President Trump pardons turkey in the Rose Garden of the White House

US Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth (C) arrives to watch President Donald Trump pardon a turkey named Gobble in the Rose Garden of the White House in Washington, DC, USA, 25 November 2025. The annual White House tradition of pardoning a Thanksgiving turkey dates back to 1989, when President George H.W. Bush pardoned a turkey in the Rose Garden.

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President Trump pardons turkey in the Rose Garden of the White House

President Trump pardons turkey in the Rose Garden of the White House

US Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth arrives to watch President Donald Trump pardon a turkey named Gobble in the Rose Garden of the White House in Washington, DC, USA, 25 November 2025. The annual White House tradition of pardoning a Thanksgiving turkey dates back to 1989, when President George H.W. Bush pardoned a turkey in the Rose Garden.

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President Trump pardons turkey in the Rose Garden of the White House

President Trump pardons turkey in the Rose Garden of the White House

US Attorney General Pam Bondi (L) speaks with Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth (R) in the Rose Garden prior to watching President Donald Trump pardon a turkey named Gobble at the White House in Washington, DC, USA, 25 November 2025. The annual White House tradition of pardoning a Thanksgiving turkey dates back to 1989, when President George H.W. Bush pardoned a turkey in the Rose Garden.

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White House

White House

Vice President J.D. Vance, Secretary of State Marco Rubio, Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent and Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth await outside the Oval Office ahead of a meeting between President Donald Trump and Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman at the White House in Washington, on Nov. 18, 2025. Nathan Howard for POLITICO

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White House

White House

Secretary of State Marco Rubio, Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent and Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth attend an arrival ceremony for Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman at the White House in Washington, on Nov. 18, 2025. Nathan Howard for POLITICO

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White House

White House

Vice President J.D. Vance, Secretary of State Marco Rubio, Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent, Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth, Secretary of Commerce Howard Lutnick and Energy Secretary Chris Wright listen as President Donald Trump and Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman meet in the Oval Office at the White House in Washington, on Nov. 18, 2025. Nathan Howard for POLITICO

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White House

White House

From left, White House Chief of Staff Susie Wiles, Secretary of Energy Chris Wright, Secretary of Commerce Howard Lutnick, Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth, Secretary of the Treasury Scott Bessent, Secretary of State Marco Rubio, and Vice President JD Vance participate in a welcome ceremony for Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman Al Saud to the White House in Washington, on Nov. 18, 2025.

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Trump Hosts a Bilateral Lunce with PM Orban of Hungary

Trump Hosts a Bilateral Lunce with PM Orban of Hungary

US Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth (L) speaks as Vice President JD Vance (R) looks on during a bilateral lunch with Prime Minister of Hungary Viktor Orban and US President Donald J Trump in the Cabinet Room of the White House in Washington, DC, USA, on Friday, November 7, 2025. Credit: Aaron Schwartz / Pool via CNP

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Trump Hosts a Bilateral Lunce with PM Orban of Hungary

Trump Hosts a Bilateral Lunce with PM Orban of Hungary

US Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth looks on as Prime Minister of Hungary Viktor Orban (not pictured) speaks to US President Donald J Trump during a bilateral lunch in the Cabinet Room of the White House in Washington, DC, USA, on Friday, November 7, 2025. Credit: Aaron Schwartz / Pool via CNP

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U.S.-S. Korea security talks

U.S.-S. Korea security talks

U.S. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth speaks during a joint press conference with South Korean Defense Minister Ahn Gyu Back following their security talks in Seoul on Nov. 4, 2025. (Pool photo)

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U.S.-S. Korea security talks

U.S.-S. Korea security talks

U.S. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth speaks during a joint press conference with South Korean Defense Minister Ahn Gyu Back following their security talks in Seoul on Nov. 4, 2025. (Pool photo)

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U.S.-S. Korea security talks

U.S.-S. Korea security talks

South Korean Defense Minister Ahn Gyu Back (R) and U.S. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth hold a joint press conference following their security talks in Seoul on Nov. 4, 2025. (Pool photo)

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U.S.-S. Korea security talks

U.S.-S. Korea security talks

U.S. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth (R) receives a guard of honor during a welcome ceremony held ahead of security talks with South Korean Defense Minister Ahn Gyu Back (L) in Seoul on Nov. 4, 2025. (Pool photo)

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U.S.-S. Korea security talks

U.S.-S. Korea security talks

U.S. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth (L) looks at South Korean Defense Minister Ahn Gyu Back during a joint press conference following their security talks in Seoul on Nov. 4, 2025. (Pool photo)

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Guest Arrival for the State Dinner Honoring Queen Elizabeth II of Great Britain

Guest Arrival for the State Dinner Honoring Queen Elizabeth II of Great Britain

United States Secretary of Defense Dick Cheney and his wife, Lynne, arrive at the White House in Washington, DC for the State Dinner honoring Queen Elizabeth II on May 14, 1991. Photo by Ron Sachs / CNP/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Cheney at 2000 GOP Convention

Cheney at 2000 GOP Convention

Former Secretary of Defense Dick Cheney, the Republican nominee for Vice President of the United States and his wife, Lynne, on stage following the acceptance speeches at the 2000 Republican National Convention in Philadelphia, PA on 3 August, 2000. Governor George W. Bush (Republican of Texas), the Republican nominee for President of the United States can be seen at right. Photo by Ron Sachs / CNP/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Bush and Cheney Meeting at the Pentagon

Bush and Cheney Meeting at the Pentagon

United States President-elect George W. Bush and US Vice President-elect Dick Cheney talk to reporters before their meeting with Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff General Henry H. Shelton, U.S. Army, and US Secretary of Defense William S. Cohen in the Tank in the Pentagon in Washington, DC on January 10, 2001. Bush, Cheney and members of their National Security team met with Cohen and Shelton and received a briefing from the Joint Chiefs. The Tank is the secure conference room of the Joint Chiefs of Staff. Mandatory Photo by Mamie M. Burke / DoD via CNP/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Cheney at 2000 GOP Convention

Cheney at 2000 GOP Convention

Former United States Secretary of Defense Dick Cheney is interviewed at the Republican National Convention at the First Union Center in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania on July 31, 2000. Photo by Ron Sachs - CNP/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Cheney Meets Alptemocin of Turkey

Cheney Meets Alptemocin of Turkey

United States Secretary of Defense Dick Cheney hosted an Honor Arrival Cordon at the River Entrance of the Pentagon in Washington, DC on February 22, 1991 for Foreign Minister Kurtcebe Alptemocin of Turkey. Here they meet in the Seretary's office for a brief photo session. Mandatory Photo by Helene C. Stikkel / Dod via CNP/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Cheney Visits USS Peleliu

Cheney Visits USS Peleliu

United States Secretary of Defense Dick Cheney visits the USS Peleliu for a brief inspection and talk with Marines and Sailors on February 20, 1990. Mandatory Photo by Helene Stikkel / DoD via CNP/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Bush, Cheney, and Powell at the Pentagon

Bush, Cheney, and Powell at the Pentagon

Washington, D.C. - August 15, 1990 -- United States Secretary of Defense Dick Cheney (seated left) and Chairman, Joint Chiefs of Staff, General Colin E. Powell, United States Army (seated center), listen as United States President George H.W. Bush delivers a speech to Pentagon employees, August 15, 1990. President Bush praised the Defense Department workers for their untiring efforts in support of the deployment of United States military forces to the Middle East -- Operation Desert Shield, and condemned President Saddam Hussein of Iraq for his invasion of Kuwait. .Photo by White House via CNP/ABACAPRESS.COM

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1992 Official George H.W. Bush Cabinet Photograph

1992 Official George H.W. Bush Cabinet Photograph

Washington, DC - March 19, 1992 -- 1992 Official George H.W. Bush Cabinet Photograph. Front Row (left to right): Lynn Martin, Secretary of Labor; Edward Madigan, Secretary of Agriculture; Richard Cheney, Secretary of Defense; James A. Baker III, Secretary of State; United States President George H.W. Bush; United States Vice President Dan Quayle; Nicholas Brady, Secretary of the Treasury; William Barr, Attorney General, Manuel Lujan, Jr., Secretary of the Interior; Barbara Franklin, Secretary of Commerce...Second Row (left to right): Clayton Yeutter, Counsellor to the President for Domestic Policy; Richard Darman, Director, Office of Management and Budget; Lamar Alexander, Secretary of Education; James Watkins, Secretary of Energy; Louis Sullivan, Secretary of Health and Human Services; Jack Kemp, Secretary of Housing and Urban Development; Andrew Card, Secretary of Transportation; Edward Derwinski, Secretary of Veterans' Affairs; Carla Hills, United States Trade Representative; Samuel Skinner, White House Ch

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Bushs Present the Presidential Medal of Freedom

Bushs Present the Presidential Medal of Freedom

United States President George H.W. Bush and first lady Barbara Bush present the Presidential Medal of Freedom to US Secretary of Defense Dick Cheney during a ceremony in the East Room of the White House in Washington, DC on July 3, 1991. Secretary Cheney is being honored for his efforts to ensure the success of Operation Desert Shield / Operation Desert Storm and the liberation of Kuwait. Photo by Ron Sachs / CNP/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Bush Names Powell Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff

Bush Names Powell Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff

United States President George H.W. Bush names US Army General Colin Powell as Chairman, Joint Chiefs of Staff, at the White House on August 10, 1989 replacing US Navy Admiral William Crowe. Left to Right: General Powell, Vice President Dan Quayle, President Bush, Defense Secretary Dick Cheney, and Admiral Crowe. Photo by Ron Sachs / CNP/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Formal Bush Cabinet Portrait

Formal Bush Cabinet Portrait

United States President George W. Bush's cabinet photographed on April 9, 2001 in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington, D.C. First row, from left, Secretary of Commerce Donald Evans, Secretary of Interior Gale Norton, Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld, Secretary of State Colin Powell, President George W. Bush, Vice President Dick Cheney, Secretary of Treasury Paul O'Neill, Attorney General John Ashcroft, Secretary of Agriculture Ann Veneman, Secretary of Labor Elaine Chao. Top row from left,.U.S. Trade Representative Robert Zoellick, Administrator of Environmental Protection Agency Christine Todd Whitman, Secretary of Education Roderick Paige, Secretary of Transportation Norman Mineta, Secretary of Health and Human Services Tommy Thompson, Secretary of Housing and Urban Development Mel Martinez, Secretary of Energy Spencer Abraham, Secretary of Veterans Affairs Anthony Principi, Director of the Office of Management and Budget Mitch Daniels, and Chief of Staff Andrew Card. .Mandatory Photo by Pa

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Meeting NSC at Camp David

Meeting NSC at Camp David

Gathering at Camp David, Maryland, United States President George W. Bush confers with his National Security Council (NSC) Saturday, September 15, 2001. Pictured from left to right are U.S. Vice President Dick Cheney, U.S. Secretary of State Colin Powell, U.S. Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld and Deputy Secretary of Defense Paul Wolfowitz..Mandatory Photo by Eric Draper - White House via CNP/ABACAPRESS.COM.

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Cheney Swears-in Powell as Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff

Cheney Swears-in Powell as Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff

United States Secretary of Defense Dick Cheney (left) administers the oath of office to General Colin L. Powell, United States Army, Chairman, Joint Chiefs of Staff in Washington, DC on October 3, 1989. General Powell's wife, Alma, is shown holding the Bible. Mandatory Photo by Helene Stikkel / DoD via CNP/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Rumsfeld Sworn-In as 21st US Secretary of Defense

Rumsfeld Sworn-In as 21st US Secretary of Defense

Judge Larry Silverman swears Donald H. Rumsfeld, right, into office as the 21st United States Secretary of Defense during a White House Oval Office ceremony on January 26, 2001. Observing the proceedings are US Vice President Richard B. Cheney, far left, US President George W. Bush, and Rumsfeld's wife Joyce, holding the bible. Mandatory Photo by Robert D. Ward / DoD via CNP/ABACAPRESS.COM

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U.S.-S. Korea security talks

U.S.-S. Korea security talks

U.S. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth salutes during a welcome ceremony held ahead of security talks with South Korean Defense Minister Ahn Gyu Back in Seoul on Nov. 4, 2025. (Pool photo)

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U.S.-S. Korea security talks

U.S.-S. Korea security talks

U.S. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth (R) salutes during a welcome ceremony held ahead of security talks with South Korean Defense Minister Ahn Gyu Back in Seoul on Nov. 4, 2025. (Pool photo)

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