Pete Hegseth, President-elect Donald Trump’s pick for secretary of defense, has voiced strong opposition to removing the ...

Donald Trump’s defense secretary pick Pete Hegseth has repeatedly called for the U.S. to restore the names of military bases ...

President-elect Donald Trump promised on the campaign trail to restore the names of Confederate generals on nine southern ...

The Senate is scheduled to begin hearings on his nomination on Tuesday and could face questioning on his base naming stance.

Many Army bases have been named for deserving soldiers. Retaining the name at Fort Cavazos will honor that tradition.

Finally, on April 18, 1865, the Civil War ended with the surrender of the Confederate army. 617,000 Americans had died in the war, approximately the same number as in all of America's other wars ...