Mark Esper: Last News

Donald Trump wanted to "quietly" launch missiles into Mexico to "destroy the drug labs" run by cartels, claims his former secretary of defence. Mark Esper was named as Trump's defence secretary in 2019 before the President famously fired him on Twitter a year later.

President Trump appointed longtime national security official Christopher C. Miller as acting defense secretary on Monday following his surprise firing via tweet of Mark Esper.

Ted Johnson Donald Trump, in one of his first major acts as a lame duck president, has fired Defense Secretary Mark Esper.The president announced that he has named Christopher Miiler, the director of the National Counterterrorism Center, as his acting replacement.“I am pleased to announce that Christopher C. Miller, the highly respected Director of the National Counterterrorism Center (unanimously confirmed by the Senate), will be Acting Secretary of Defense, effective immediately…..Chris will do a GREAT job! Mark Esper has been terminated.

Only 1 active-duty service member has died from coronavirus, Defense Secretary Mark Esper said. The United States military has 1.3 million personnel deployed worldwide, spread over 150 countries.

proposed the ban in 2017 via a series of tweets.Speier has also introduced another amendment this year to lift a ban preventing LGBTQ Pride flags from being flown at U.S. military installations.The congresswoman, a member of the House Armed Services Committee and serves as the Chair of the Military Personnel Subcommittee, typically uses her position to propose amendments to various defense spending or appropriations bills in an effort to repeal Trump-era restrictions on transgender personnel that she believes are discriminatory.Under the current Department of Defense policy, transgender people are prohibited from serving if they have been diagnosed with gender dysphoria or attempt to transition at any point during their service.

In a very rare move, the US Army has been asked to put military police units on standby after protests over the death of George Floyd have spread across the country.