Secretary of Defense

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iW6Pmin2Ark

 

Trump sours on Defense Secretary Mark Esper after clash on Lebanon

Signals that Defense Secretary Mark Esper's tenure at the Pentagon could be cut short have intensified after a long, hot summer of clashes with President Donald Trump, according to Capitol Hill and administration officials. The latest conflict involved the assessment over the cause of the devastating blast in Lebanon that left Trump seething.....
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2020/08/12/trump-sours-defense-secretary-mark-esper-after-clash-lebanon/3357200001/

Former Secretary of Defense Ash Carter (Pod Save the World podcast)

Tommy sits down with former Defense Secretary Ash Carter to chat about his book “Inside the Five-Sided Box”, and some of the most complex challenges facing our national security community today, including the war in Afghanistan and closing the prison in Guantanamo Bay.

Interview: 

https://crooked.com/podcast/former-secretary-of-defense-ash-carter/

Trump's New Acting Defense Secretary Raises Conflicts of Interest Concerns - Newsweek

President Donald Trump announced Tuesday that acting Secretary of Defense Patrick Shanahan would withdraw his nomination for the Pentagon's top job and be replaced by Mark Esper, who has been Secretary of the U.S. army since November 2017. President Trump tweeted on Tuesday that he "knows Mark" and has "no doubt that he will do a fantastic job." ....
https://www.newsweek.com/who-mark-esper-trump-defense-conflicts-1444664

Lawmakers slam Trump's pick for defense secretary over new oversight policy - CNN Politics:

The senior Democrat and Republican members of the House Armed Services Committee criticized acting Secretary of Defense Patrick Shanahan over a new policy which they say seeks to limit congressional oversight of the Pentagon.
https://www.cnn.com/2019/05/22/politics/shanahan-pentagon-oversight/index.html

Trump's swampy Pentagon pick oversaw weapons boondoggles forcing the military to buy weapons it didn't want - Raw Story

President Donald Trump's new pick for the Secretary of Defense joins a chorus of swamp-dwellers that have been appointed to the cabinet. A report by the Daily Beast ripped new appointee Patrick Shanahan for his controversial history demanding the military purchase weapons that they didn't need nor did they want. ....
https://www.rawstory.com/2018/12/trumps-swampy-pentagon-pick-oversaw-weapons-boondoggles-forcing-military-buy-weapons-didnt-want/