It's unclear who'll take over at the Pentagon and the military services when the top leaders all step down Monday as President-elect Donald Trump is sworn into office.

President Joe Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris continued their farewell tour on Thursday, attending the Department of Defense Commander in Chief Farewell Ceremony, offering his thanks to U.S. troops for their service throughout his administration.

FILE -President Joe Biden attends the Department of Defense Commander in Chief farewell ceremony at Joint Base Myer-Henderson Hall, Jan. 16, 2025, in Arlington, Va. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci ...

President Joe Biden speaks during a Department of Defense Commander in Chief farewell ceremony at Joint Base Myer-Henderson Hall, Thursday, Jan. 16, 2025, in Arlington, Va. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci ...

Vice President Kamala Harris and Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin watch during a Department of Defense Commander in Chief farewell ceremony at Joint Base Myer-Henderson Hall, Thursday, Jan. 16 ...

The outgoing US president called on others to ‘affirm’ the amendment, which bars discrimination on the basis of sex.

Joe Biden came into office promising to be the next FDR. Instead, his presidency of empty gestures and moral failures has given us something far more dangerous: a reinvigorated Donald Trump armed with a popular mandate and a drive for retribution.

President Biden on Thursday thanked U.S. service members and defended his military policies during his commander in chief farewell address.

La., recalled a meeting with President Biden from early last year during which the president appeared to forget he signed a pause on liquified natural gas exports.

The farewell speech from Joint Base Myer-Henderson Hall, near the Pentagon in northern Virginia, is scheduled to begin at 10:30 a.m. EST. Watch the live video above.

and we don’t take an oath to a wannabe dictator," Milley said in his retirement speech at Joint Base Myer-Henderson Hall in September 2023. "We don’t take an oath to an individual. We take an ...

President Joe Biden speaks during a Department of Defense Commander in Chief farewell ceremony at Joint Base Myer-Henderson Hall, Thursday, Jan. 16, 2025, in Arlington, Va. AP Photo/Evan Vucci He ...