by Tyler | Jun 4, 2020 | 2020 Election, Insurrection Act, Mark Esper, military, Pentagon, Politics, protests, Riots, Trending
McEnany voiced tepid support for Esper, after he stated Wednesday that he did not support invoking the Insurrection Act.
by Tyler | May 5, 2020 | coronavirus, Covid-19, dod, Health, Mark Esper, National Institutes of Health (NIH), National Security, Pentagon, Peoples Republic of China, Politics, Trending, Wuhan Institute of Virology
The Pentagon has stayed silent on why it gave a multimillion-dollar contract to a firm that sent U.S. taxpayer money to a lab in Wuhan.
by Tyler | Apr 7, 2020 | Brett Crozier, Donald Trump, Health, Mark Esper, Politics, Thomas Modly, Trending, U.S. Navy, USS Theodore Roosevelt
Trump said he would get involved with the Navy’s firing of Capt. Brett Crozier, the former commander of the USS Theodore Roosevelt.
by Tyler | Jan 7, 2020 | 2020 Election, Gen. Mark Milley, Iran, joint chiefs of staff, Mark Esper, Pentagon, Politics, Qasem Soleimani, Trending, U.S. Embassy in Iraq
Pentagon leaders defended the U.S. military strike against Soleimani, saying intelligence showed he was planning “imminent” combat operations.
by Tyler | Dec 24, 2019 | 2020 Election, Afghanistan, China, Mark Esper, Mark Milley, National Security, Pentagon, Politics, Taliban, Trending, U.S. Army, Zalmay Khalilzad
An American service member was killed in action in Afghanistan on Sunday, just two days before Christmas, the Pentagon announced.
by Tyler | Dec 9, 2019 | 2020 Election, Defense Department, Department of Defense, dod, Mark Esper, Pentagon, Politics, Russia, Trending, Ukraine
Defense Secretary Mark Esper said Saturday that the Trump administration has been “very aggressive” with Russia, contrary to critics’ assertion.