Defense Secretary Mark Esper

Pentagon orders shutdown of Stars and Stripes newspaper

US points to dissent in Iran in wake of deadly drone strike

6:26 pm January 13, 2020

Washington: Defense Secretary Mark Esper and other administration officials joined President Donald Trump in trying to draw attention to dissent in Iran instead of lingering questions about the scale of the threat used to justify a drone strike on Iran’s top military leader. Esper added to the uncertainty over the intelligence behind last week’s killing […]

Will Trump's mishandling of records leave a hole in history?

Trump intervenes in military justice cases, grants pardons

7:45 pm November 16, 2019

Washington: President Donald Trump has pardoned a former US Army commando set to stand trial next year in the killing of a suspected Afghan bomb-maker and a former Army lieutenant convicted of murder for ordering his men to fire upon three Afghans, killing two, the White House announced late Friday. The commander in chief also […]

Pentagon sending reinforcements to Gulf following attacks in Saudi

1:20 pm September 21, 2019

Washington: Defense Secretary Mark Esper has said that the United States will send reinforcements to the Gulf region at the request of Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates, following attacks on Saudi oil facilities which it blames on Iran. The Pentagon chief said on Friday an Iranian attack on an American spy drone in […]