The United States has a new Secretary of Defense. What happened? Summary Secretary of Defense Mark Esper was fired in a surprise announcement on Twitter yesterday. President Trump announced in a Tweet on Monday afternoon that Mark Esper had been “terminated” and replaced by Christopher Miller, former Director of the National Counterterrorism Center (NCTC) after he was “unanimously confirmed by the Senate.” Mark Esper became Secretary of Defense in July 2019 after former SECDEF James Mattis resigned. NPR reports that …
