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Former Pentagon Chief Mark Esper Drops Lawsuit Over Memoir
Former Defense Secretary Mark Esper has dropped a lawsuit against the Defense Department.
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Former Pentagon Chief Sues to Publish Material in Memoir
Former Defense Secretary Mark Esper claims in a lawsuit against the Defense Department that material is being improperly withheld from his use as he seeks to publish an “unvarnished and candid memoir” of his time in President Donald Trump’s Cabinet
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Biden Transition and Top Pentagon Officials at Odds Over Canceled Briefings
Tensions between Biden’s team and Pentagon brass erupted after acting Defense Secretary Christopher Miller canceled transition team meetings for the rest of 2020.
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Biden Likely to Break Barriers, Pick Woman to Lead Pentagon
President-elect Joe Biden is expected to take a historic step and select a woman to head the Pentagon for the first time
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Military Wary That Shakeup Could Upend Its Apolitical Nature
Abrupt changes in the Pentagon’s top leadership have raised fears about what President Donald Trump may try to do in his final two months of office
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Trump Tweets He's Fired Defense Secretary Mark Esper
President Donald Trump tweeted Monday that he had terminated Secretary of Defense Mark Esper and replaced him with Christopher Miller, the current counterterrorism head.
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Trump Says Defense Secretary Mark Esper Has Been Fired
In a pair of tweets Monday afternoon, President Donald Trump said he terminated his Secretary of Defense Mark Esper.
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Long at Odds With Trump, Defense Secretary Esper Has Prepared a Resignation Letter, Say Officials
Defense Secretary Mark Esper has prepared a letter of resignation, according to three current defense officials.
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The Nation Remembers Heroes and Victims of 9/11
In ceremonies across the country, Americans remember the heroes and victims of Sept. 11, 2001, 19 years after the terrorist attack.
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Sec. Esper at 9/11 Ceremony in DC: ‘We Will Never Forget the Lives Lost'
Secretary of Defense Mark Esper delivered remarks at a ceremony in Washington DC on Friday to commemorate the 19th anniversary of the terrorist attacks on September 11, 2001.
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White House Asked VA Secretary About Running Pentagon If Trump Fires Esper
President Donald Trump has long been unhappy with Defense Secretary Mark Esper, and White House officials have talked to Veterans Affairs Secretary Robert Wilkie about taking the top Pentagon job should Trump decide to fire Esper, three senior administration officials said.
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Pentagon: Use of Surveillance Planes in Protests Was Legal
A Pentagon reports concludes that the use of National Guard reconnaissance planes in four U.S. cities to monitor the widespread protests earlier this year didn’t violate rules against the military collecting intelligence on Americans
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Pentagon Bans Confederate Flag in Way to Avoid Trump's Wrath
The Pentagon is banning displays of the Confederate flag on military installations, using a carefully worded policy that doesn’t mention the word ban or that specific flag
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Trump: No Change at Bases Named for Confederate Officers
President Donald Trump on Wednesday said his administration will “not even consider” changing the name of any of the 10 Army bases that are named for Confederate Army officers. Two days earlier, Defense Secretary Mark Esper indicated that he was open to a broad discussion of such changes. “These Monumental and very Powerful Bases have become part of a Great…
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Pentagon-Trump Clash Breaks Open Over Military and Protests
Yet another former military leader, retired Marine Corps four-star general John Allen, is criticizing President Donald Trump’s response to the protests following the death of George Floyd in Minneapolis
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Defense Secretary Breaks With Trump On Protest Crackdown
Secretary of Defense Mark Esper says he does not support using the military to crack down on nationwide protests triggered by the death of George Floyd, in direct opposition to comments made by President Trump.
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Trump Increases Anti-Drug Efforts Amid Pandemic
President Donald Trump announced Wednesday he would increase counter-narcotics operations. Trump said the increased operations were aimed at protecting Americans from the “deadly scourge of illegal narcotics.” He added, “We must not let the drug cartels exploit the pandemic to threaten American lives.”
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Pentagon: US Strikes Iran-Backed Group That Hit Iraq Base
The Pentagon says the U.S. launched airstrikes Thursday in Iraq, targeting the Iranian-backed Shia militia members believed responsible for the rocket attack that killed and wounded American and British troops at a base north of Baghdad.
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Flare-Up in Afghan Violence Shows Fragility of Peace Deal
An uptick in Taliban attacks against Afghan forces that prompted a retaliatory U.S. airstrike has underscored the fragility of the peace deal between the Trump administration and the group.
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Esper: US to Start Initial Troop Pullback From Afghanistan
Defense Secretary Mark Esper says he has given the top U.S. commander in Afghanistan the go-ahead to begin the initial withdrawal of U.S. troops