Trump to nominate Raytheon VP, Gulf War vet as next Army secretary

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Source: Military Tines

WASHINGTON — President Trump will nominate Mark Esper as Army secretary later this week, sources confirmed on Wednesday.

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.

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[Dopers_Greed]

1. Another sickening choice

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2. Disagree

Plenty of military experience and a good reputation in the Pentagon.

[Cryptoad]

3. Another Fox put in charge in the Chicken House!

What was it that Ike said?????????