WASHINGTON: Ten former US secretaries of defense. administrations More than 30 years old issued an extraordinary appeal on Sunday to prevent the possibility of military support Trump coup, warning US defense forces staying out of politics even when the defeated president is making a desperate effort to stay in office …
Read More »Biden chooses retired Army General Lloyd Austin to head Pentagon
WASHINGTON: President-elect of the United States Joe biden you have selected retired General of the Army Lloyd Austin to run the Pentagon as Secretary of Defense, according to media reports. If confirmed by the Senate, the 67-year-old career military officer would be the first African-American to lead the Department of …
Read More »Trump fires Secretary of Defense Mark Esper
US President Donald Trump fired Defense Secretary Mark Esper on Monday and announced Christopher C Mills, head of the National Counterterrorism Center, as acting head of the defense department. Esper was Trump’s second defense secretary. The first, James Mattis, had resigned over political differences with the president over the troops …
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