Tag: Mark esper

Former Pentagon Chief Warns US Military ‘Struggling’ to Find New Recruits

Former Department of Defense Secretary Mark Esper has issued a warning that the U.S. military is “slowly dying” due to poor recruitment, which puts Americans “in danger.” “The armed services are struggling to meet their recruiting goals like rarely before,” wrote Esper for Fox News in an article published Monday. “The Army is the most affected, projected…


Trump Releases Rebuttal Following Mark Esper Interview

Donald Trump’s office has released a statement responding to comments made by former Defense Secretary Mark Esper on Sunday in which he accused the former president of considering the possibility of firing missiles into Mexico to target drug cartels and carrying out military invasions in both Venezuela and Iran during his time in office. Esper told CBS’s Norah O’Donnell…


Former Pentagon Chief Sues Over ‘Unlawful’ Attempt to Block Memoir Material

A former secretary of defense filed a lawsuit over the weekend alleging the Pentagon is unlawfully blocking material from his pending memoir. Mark Esper, who headed the Department of Defense for about 18 months during the Trump administration, says the Pentagon is trying to censor unclassified information. Esper submitted a manuscript to the agency about…