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Mark Esper

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Trump's defense secretary from July 2019 until Trump announced his termination on November 9, 2020.

Relationship to Trumpdefense secretary in Trump's first administration

Timeline

2019-07-23Esper is sworn in as Trump's defense secretaryServed as defense secretary from July 2019 through November 2020defense secretary in Trump's first administration · documented · 2 sources
2020-11-09Trump announces Esper's immediate terminationFormer secretary of defenseformer defense secretary terminated by Trump · documented · 2 sources

Roles and relationships

Former cabinet officialrelationship / 2019-07-23–2020-11-09 Former defense secretaryoffice / 2019-07-23–2020-11-09

Relationships

former defense secretary terminated by Trumppoliticaldocumented · 1 file · 2 source referencesOpen cited record

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