Trump to Nominate Mark Esper As Secretary of the Army
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The news was first reported by the Washington Examiner. Esper, the current vice president of government relations at Raytheon, would bring a host of experience in the defense industry and in Washington politics to the post if confirmed.
He is a former Army lieutenant colonel who graduated from the U.S. Military Academy at West Point in 1986. He served for more than a decade on active duty, including a combat tour in Iraq during the first Gulf War.
Later, Esper served as deputy assistant secretary of defense under former President George W. Bush, and on Capitol Hill as both a House Armed Services Committee staffer and director of national security affairs for then-Senate Majority Leader Bill Frist.
He was also the national policy director for Fred Thompson’s 2008 presidential bid.
. . . Robert Speer has been serving as the acting Army secretary since late January, and Sean Stackley as acting Navy secretary over the same period. Both are holdovers from President Barack Obama’s administration.
Air Force Secretary Heather Wilson was sworn into her leadership post in mid-May.
Congressional leaders have lamented the slow pace of defense nominations for Trump, while administration officials have accused Democrats in the Senate of slow-walking numerous qualified candidates.
A confirmation hearing for Esper likely won’t take place until September at the earliest, given the extended legislative break scheduled for the Senate next month.
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