WASHINGTON (Reuters) -Robert Salesses will serve as acting defense secretary until President Donald Trump's choice for the position, Pete Hegseth, is confirmed by the Senate, two U.S. officials said on Monday.

Robert Salesses is a retired Marine who served in the Gulf War and has been deputy director of the Pentagon’s Washington Headquarters Service.

President Donald Trump has named an acting defense secretary because his choice to lead the Pentagon, Pete Hegseth, has not yet been

Robert Salesses will serve as acting defense secretary until President Donald Trump's choice for the position, Pete Hegseth, is confirmed by the Senate, a U.S. official said on Monday. Salesses is the deputy director of the Washington headquarters services,

U.S. Customs and Border Protection would relocate its headquarters from the nation’s capital to Texas under legislation offered by U.S. Rep. Keith Self, R-McKinney. The agency’s current Washington headquarters is far removed from the country’s southern border,