Defence Minister Richard Marles, who is also deputy prime minister, became the first foreign counterpart to meet Hegseth since his controversial confirmation to the role, as he shored up the new ...

U.S. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth welcomed Australian Defense Minister Richard Marles to the Pentagon on Friday, after Australia made its first $500 million payment to the United States under ...

Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth will meet with Australia’s minister of defense, Richard Marles, on Friday, marking Hegseth’s first meeting with a foreign counterpart at The Pentagon.

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth will meet Friday with his counterpart Richard Marles, the deputy prime minister and defense minister of Australia. (Alex Brandon/AP) Australia’s defense minister ...