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Trump fires Esper as Pentagon chief after election defeat
By Lolita Baldor & Robert Burns
Biden team reaching out to former Mattis officials for help with transition
By Lara Seligman
Defense secretary sent classified memo to White House about Afghanistan before Trump fired him
By Dan Lamothe, Missy Ryan & Susannah George
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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 Removes Esper; Christopher Miller New Acting SECDEF - USNI News
By Mallory Shelbourne
Trump Stacks the Pentagon and Intel Agencies With Loyalists. To What End? (Published 2020)
By David E. Sanger & Eric P. Schmitt
Esper: If my replacement is ‘a real yes man’ then ‘God help us’
By Justine Coleman
Long at odds with Trump, Defense Secretary Esper has prepared a resignation letter, officials say
By Carol Lee & Courtney Kube
Trump loyalists elevated to powerful roles at the Pentagon after firing of Defense Secretary Esper
By Amanda Macias
More Top Pentagon Officials Out After Trump Sacks Esper
By Robbie Gramer & Jack Detsch
Trump Fires Mark Esper, His Secretary Of Defense
By Tom Bowman
CIA Director Haspel's fate uncertain after Trump fires Esper
By Zachary Cohen
Trump fires Secretary of Defense Mark Esper
By Nicole Gaouette, Barbara Starr & Ryan Browne
Trump loyalists given top Pentagon roles after several officials resign following Esper's ouster
By Dartunorro Clark
Trump tweets that Defense Secretary Mark Esper has been 'terminated'
By Carol Lee & Rebecca Shabad
Trump Fires Mark Esper as Defense Secretary
By Gordon Lubold & Nancy Youssef
With Esper gone, Democrats concerned over what Trump will do with the military
By Connor O'Brien & Lara Seligman
'Devastating': Top Pentagon leadership gutted as fears rise over national security
By Lara Seligman & Daniel Lippman
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
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
Trump fires Defense Secretary Mark Esper - The Washington Post
By Paul Sonne, Missy Ryan & Josh Dawsey
Esper fired as defense secretary
By Aaron Mehta