Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth told a group of European leaders that restoring Ukraine's pre-2014 borders was an 'illusionary ...

In his first trip abroad, the new U.S. defense secretary told allies, including NATO officials, that a durable peace could ...

The defense secretary's remarks further demonstrated the Trump administration's belief that Ukraine will have to cede ...

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth says Ukraine returning to pre-2014 borders, accession to NATO is 'unrealistic' “It’s nuttier ...

Speaking at a NATO meeting in Belgium, the defense secretary said the U.S. would no longer tolerate an imbalanced ...

Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth said "returning to Ukraine’s pre-2014 borders is an unrealistic objective" during his first ...

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth warned Europeans this week that "realities" prevent the U.S. from being its security guarantor ...

In all, it was a bruising, 72-hour crash course in the geopolitical realities of a job that critics complain Mr. Hegseth, a ...

Two percent is a start, as President Trump has said, but it’s not enough, nor is 3%, nor is 4% — more like 5%,” the defense ...

Hegseth also said Wednesday that Ukraine returning to its prewar borders—before Russia annexed Crimea in 2014—would be ...

In his first big turn on the world stage, the defense secretary has already been forced to offer a major walk-back.

Defense Secretary Hegseth said it was “unrealistic” to aim for a return to Ukraine’s borders as they were before 2014, when ...