Former Sec. of Defense Mark Esper writes in A Sacred Oath about talking the president out of a plan to punish U.S. Navy Adm. William McRaven and retired U.S. Army Gen. Stanley McChrystal Former ...

President Donald Trump announced Monday afternoon that he had fired Secretary of Defense Mark Esper. “Mark Esper has been terminated,” Trump tweeted. “I would like to thank him for his ...

WASHINGTON (JTA) — President Donald Trump has fired his defense secretary, Mark Esper, who has played a key role in assuaging Israeli concerns about the sale of stealth combat jets to the United ...