Mark Esper has no significant foreign policy experience. He is best known as a successful former defence industry lobbyist
IN THE circumstances, President Donald Trump’s announcement on the evening of June 21st that he intended to nominate Mark Esper to be his defence secretary was as good as could be expected.
He was a relative non-entity in security discussions on Iran, North Korea and elsewhere, even as Mr Trump contemplated launching military strikes on the former. He resigned from the government this week after therevealed serious incidents of domestic violence in Mr Shanahan’s family . He was to be replaced, on the same acting basis, by Mr Esper.
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