Tag: Mark Esper

• Tuesday, November 10th 2020 - 09:22 UTC

  Trump sacks Defense Secretary by tweeter; Esper was against using active military to suppress street protests

  

  US President Donald Trump said on Monday that he had “terminated” Defense Secretary Mark Esper, signaling he may use his final months in office after defeat at the polls to settle scores within his administration.

• Thursday, October 29th 2020 - 08:22 UTC

  US and India will share sensitive satellite data; Pompeo knitting a safety ring round China

  

  The United States and India signed a pact to share sensitive satellite and map data as U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo warned of the threat posed by an increasingly assertive China.

• Friday, September 4th 2020 - 08:15 UTC

  Palau in the Pacific urges US military to build bases to contain Beijing influence

  

  The tiny Pacific nation of Palau has urged the United States military to build bases on its territory - which lies in a region where Washington is pushing back against growing Chinese influence.

• Thursday, June 4th 2020 - 18:31 UTC

  Defense Secretary rejects Trump's Insurrection Act do deploy active duty forces to respond to civil unrest

  

  Defense Secretary Mark Esper told reporters at the Pentagon on Wednesday that he does not support invoking the Insurrection Act, a law from 1807 that would allow President Donald Trump to deploy active-duty U.S. troops to respond to civil unrest in cities across the country.

• Thursday, January 9th 2020 - 09:17 UTC

  US has reestablished some deterrence toward Iran, Pentagon chief

  

  United States Defense Secretary Mark Esper said on Wednesday that the United States has reestablished some deterrence toward Iran in the wake of the Jan 3 drone strike that killed Iranian general Qasem Soleimani in Baghdad.