US President Donald Trump’s pick for new defense secretary is an Army veteran who served in the first Iraq war and also has experience as a national security adviser on Capitol Hill as well as a defense industry lobbyist.
Trump announced Friday that he would nominate Mark Esper to lead the Pentagon. Trump had already named Esper, his current Army secretary, to lead the Defense Department on an acting basis, starting Sunday.
“I know Mark, and have no doubt he will do a fantastic job!” the president tweeted Tuesday.
He later told reporters: “He’s very experienced. He’s been around all of the things that we’ve been talking about for a very long period of time.”
https://www.timesofisrael.com/trump-names-army-veteran-lobbyist-as-defense-secretary-pick/
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