Mark Esper

Former US Defense Sec: Trump proposed assassinating 'senior Iranian officer'

"In addition, he came up with an idea - to dip the decapitated head of a terrorist leader in pig blood - as a warning to other Islamist militants," writes Esper in his memoir.

 Former US president Donald Trump listens to former Secretary of Defense Mark Esper address the daily White House coronavirus response briefing with members of the administration's coronavirus task force at the White House in Washington, US, March 18, 2020.
U.S. Defense Secretary Mark Esper holds his first news conference at the Pentagon in Arlington, Virginia, U.S., August 28, 2019

Trump defense chief Esper sues Pentagon for redacting parts of memoir

US Defense Secretary Mark Esper speaks to reporters at the Pentagon on March 5

After Esper firing, White House moves Trump loyalists into Pentagon jobs

US Defense Secretary Mark Esper speaks to reporters at the Pentagon on March 5

Trump says he has fired Defense Secretary Mark Esper


Conference of Presidents urge Trump not to withdraw from Sinai

Twelve lawmakers representing key Senate and House of Representatives committees called for continued U.S. support of the international peacekeeping force in Egypt’s Sinai Peninsula.

US Defense Secretary Mark Esper speaks to reporters at the Pentagon on March 5

Mark Esper: Taliban not living up to their commitments

Esper said the Afghan government and the Taliban "both need to come together and make progress on the terms that (are) laid out."

Taliban chief negotiator Mullah Abdul Ghani Baradar (front) leaves after peace talks with Afghan senior politicians in Moscow, Russia May 30, 2019

Pentagon chief lands in Afghanistan ahead of US, Taliban deal

US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo also landed in Qatar's capital city, Doha on Saturday to witness the signing ceremony.

US Defense Secretary Mark Esper arrives in Kabul, Afghanistan February 29, 2020

Naftali Bennett to meet with counterpart Mark Esper in Washington

The two are expected to discuss Iran, Trump's peace plan.

Israeli Education Minister Naftali Bennett attends the weekly cabinet meeting in Jerusalem January 27, 2019.

US suspects Iran behind rocket attacks on Iraqi bases hosting US forces

According to one official, the rockets used in the attacks have become increasingly sophisticated with rockets with longer ranges and higher explosive power.

Shi'ite fighters fire a rocket toward Islamic State militants in Baiji, north of Baghdad, 2015

Intensity of U.S. military visits shows urgency of Iran threat - analysis

So what is happening that is causing this parade of top US military officers to Israel? Seemingly, it is like McKenzie warned – Iran is up to something.

US Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Gen. Mark Milley salutes next to IDF Chief of Staff Lt.-Gen. Aviv Kochavi.

Pentagon chief visits Iraq amid U.S. pullout from Syria

The Iraq military said on Tuesday that U.S. forces crossing into Iraq as part of a pull-out from Syria do not have permission to stay and can only be there in transit.

U.S. Defense Secretary Mark Esper holds his first news conference at the Pentagon in Arlington, Virginia, U.S., August 28, 2019

Defense Sec. Mark Esper: U.S. troops leaving Syria will go to Iraq

“The quickest way to get them out of danger was to get them into Iraq,” Acting chief of staff Mick Mulvaney told Fox News Sunday.

U.S. army soldiers fuel a military truck at Qayyara airbase west of Mosul, Iraq, August 10, 2017

Top Saudi officials hold talks with U.S. state, defense secretaries

Vice Minister of Defence Prince Khalid bin Salman, a brother of Prince Mohammed, said in Twitter posts that he met with Secretary of State Mike Pompeo and Defense Secretary Mark Esper.

U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo takes part in a meeting with Saudi Arabia's Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, September 18, 2019

Netanyahu vows to annex all settlements, starting with Jordan Valley

White House: No change in policy, Likud: US Oked announcement

Benjamin Netanyahu announces that if reelected, he will extend Israeli sovereignty over the Jordan Valley, September 10 2019