Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth heads to Europe for security talks

US Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth departed from Joint Base Andrews, Maryland, for his first trip abroad as Secretary. Hegseth will visit the headquarters of two US military commands in Germany before attending a meeting of NATO defense ministers in Belgium, then travel to Poland for talks with its leaders.

 In a sign of the new administration's priorities, Hegseth's first trip as defense secretary was to the southern US border, where Trump declared a national emergency on his first day in office.