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Mark Esper
This is the second time this week he's made the call and broken from Trump on the need for a military response to the anti-racism protests.
The president is a draft-dodging wannabe tinpot dictator, said the Illinois senator and Iraq War vet. How dare you politicize our military.
President Donald Trump has repeatedly threatened to use the law to deploy the military to police U.S. cities.
"Where will you draw the line, and when will you draw it?" James N. Miller, a former defense official, wrote in his resignation letter to Esper.
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"Trumps aides are helping him to push the country closer not to order but to anarchy," the newspaper's editorial board cautioned.
I thought I was going to do two things: to see some damage and to talk to the troops, Defense Secretary Mark Esper told NBC News.
The Pentagon took the rare step of ordering the Army to put several active-duty U.S. military police units on the ready to deploy to Minneapolis.
We will deliver by the end of this year a vaccine at scale, Defense Secretary Mark Esper said, despite estimates it could take 12 to 18 months -- at least.
Capt. Brett Crozier wrote a letter demanding better safety measures as his crew battled a COVID-19 outbreak onboard.
Mark Esper said "only 155 sailors" have tested positive for COVID-19 on the ship Capt. Brett Crozier commanded. Reportedly, Crozier has contracted the disease.