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This is Mark Esper, the Gulf War Army veteran and defense lobbyist who Trump has tapped to lead the Pentagon
Esper comes to the position after the failed nomination of Patrick Shanahan, who Trump had picked t…
Ellen Ioanes,Ellen Ioanes
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Pentagon chief warns Beijing that the US military isn't 'going to be stopped by anybody' from operating in the South China Sea
Esper said that US carriers have been in the South China Sea and will continue to be there, adding:…
Ryan Pickrell
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Defense Secretary Mark Esper 'didn't see' specific evidence Iran was plotting to strike 4 US embassies
"What the president said was he believed that it probably and could've been attacks against additio…
Ellen Cranley,Ellen Cranley
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Pentagon chief pours cold water on theory that coronavirus was released from a Wuhan lab, despite Trump admin investigation
Defense Secretary Mark Esper said on the origins of the coronavirus say it occurred naturally, des…
Mia Jankowicz
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'Who mentored you?' Retired US Army general slams Mike Pompeo and his West Point graduating class
Pompeo has been accused of obfuscating his dealings between Trump and Ukrainian President Volodymyr…
David Choi
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The US Navy will be deploying its 'floating hospital' to help in the coronavirus fight in New York
New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo and the Navy announced that efforts to deploy the USNS Comfort to the st…
David Choi
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US Defence Secretary believes India will be the most consequential partner for US in Indo-Pacific this century
"Secretary Pompeo and I will be there next week.It's our second 2+2 with the Indians, the third eve…
PTI
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Trump's Situation Room photo from the Iran missile strike on US troops includes 1 woman, but 2 Marks and 2 Mikes
The White House released a photo of the Situation Room, following the missile strikes on US and coa…
Lauren Frias
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'You're all f---ed up': Trump exploded after his officials warned against using military troops to end George Floyd protests, book says
"Mr. President, that guy had an insurrection," Gen. Mark Milley said as he pointed to a portrait of…
John L. Dorman
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US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo and Defence Secretary Mark Esper to arrive in India today
The two-plus-two dialogue will be held on Tuesday.The Indian side at the talks will be represented …
PTI
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Defense Secretary Mark Esper says an Iranian attack was 'days' away when the US decided to assassinate Qassem Soleimani
Esper insisted at his press briefing on Tuesday that Soleimani, who the Trump administration design…
Eliza Relman
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Then-CIA Director Gina Haspel said Trump's post-election behavior was 'insanity' and he was 'acting out like a 6-year-old with a tantrum,' book says
"Yesterday was appalling," Haspel told the US's top general, Mark Milley, after Trump fired Defense…
Grace Panetta
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The Pentagon flatly contradicted Trump and said the US military would not be targeting Iranian cultural sites
"Let this serve as a WARNING that if Iran strikes any Americans, or American assets, we have target…
Tom Porter,Tom Porter
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Trump 'didn't seem to care' that the law required him to release millions in aid to Ukraine that he froze while pressuring Zelenskyy, his ex-Pentagon chief says
Mark Esper says telling Trump that it was illegal to withhold US aid to Ukraine wasn't enough to co…
Brent D. Griffiths
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Mike Pompeo says Trump had a 'nutty' plan for him to serve as both secretary of defense and secretary of state simultaneously: book
Trump told Mark Meadows that he wanted his secretary of state to "take on leading the department of…
John L. Dorman
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Trump reportedly authorized the Soleimani strike 7 months ago, throwing a wrench through his argument that there was an 'imminent threat'
While US officials including Trump and Secretary of State Mike Pompeo saod they had intelligence sh…
Grace Panetta
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The US's plans to keep a foothold against China in the Pacific have 'one huge blind spot'
Countering China's influence among small island countries means the US has to take issues those cou…
Christopher Woody
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Trump says Iran 'appears to be standing down' and orders more sanctions after the missile attack in Iraq
In the immediate aftermath of the attack, Iran appeared, at least in its outward rhetoric, to signa…