Former Heritage Chief of Staff to Serve as Acting Secretary of Defense

7/7/19
 
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6/19/19:

Mark Esper, a former chief of staff at The Heritage Foundation, is taking on a new and much bigger role at the Department of Defense. President Donald Trump named Esper the acting secretary of defense June 18.

Esper brings decades of military experience to his new position. After graduating from West Point, he served in the military for 21 years. Part of his time in active duty was during the Gulf War, where he earned the Legion of Merit, Bronze Star Medal, Kuwait Liberation Medal, Kuwait Liberation Medal – Saudi Arabia, and the Combat Infantryman Badge.

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