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Trump fires Esper as Pentagon chief after election defeat
By Lolita Baldor & Robert Burns
Christopher Miller, Trump's surprise acting defense secretary, has a thin resume for the job but deep experience in ...
By Dan Lamothe, Ellen Nakashima & Alex Horton
Mark Esper fired as Pentagon chief after contradicting Trump
By Julian Borger
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Top US general stands firm amid Pentagon turmoil
By Barbara Starr & Ryan Browne
White House National Security Council Aide Is Named to Top Pentagon Post
By Nancy Youssef & Warren P. Strobel
Trump Installs Senate-Rejected Retired General As Pentagon Policy Chief
By Marcus Weisgerber & Katie Bo Williams
Trump Stacks the Pentagon and Intel Agencies With Loyalists. To What End? (Published 2020)
By David E. Sanger & Eric P. Schmitt
Trump's firing of Esper raises concerns about national security during Trump's final days in office
By Ken Dilanian
Trump Removes Esper; Christopher Miller New Acting SECDEF - USNI News
By Mallory Shelbourne
Trump loyalists elevated to powerful roles at the Pentagon after firing of Defense Secretary Esper
By Amanda Macias
Trump Fires Mark Esper, His Secretary Of Defense
By Tom Bowman
More Top Pentagon Officials Out After Trump Sacks Esper
By Robbie Gramer & Jack Detsch
CIA Director Haspel's fate uncertain after Trump fires Esper
By Zachary Cohen
Officials say Defense Secretary Mark Esper is prepared for possibility Trump may fire him
By Barbara Starr & Ryan Browne
Trump fires Secretary of Defense Mark Esper
By Nicole Gaouette, Barbara Starr & Ryan Browne
Trump tweets that Defense Secretary Mark Esper has been 'terminated'
By Carol Lee & Rebecca Shabad
Trump Fires Mark Esper as Defense Secretary
By Nancy Youssef & Gordon Lubold
With Esper gone, Democrats concerned over what Trump will do with the military
By Connor O'Brien & Lara Seligman
Trump Fires Mark Esper, Defense Secretary Who Opposed Use of Troops on U.S. Streets (Published 2020)
By Maggie Haberman, Helene Cooper & Eric P. Schmitt
Trump fires Defense Secretary Mark Esper
By Paul Sonne, Missy Ryan & Josh Dawsey
Esper fired as defense secretary
By Aaron Mehta