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President Trump announces firing of Defense Secretary …

Secretary of Defense Mark Esper testifies during a House Armed Services Committee hearing on July 9, 2020. (GREG NASH/AFP via Getty Images)

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Trump says he won’t let Pentagon close Stars and Stripes …

In this July 10, 2020, file photo Defense Secretary Mark Esper speaks during a briefing on counternarcotics operations at U.S. Southern Command in Doral, Fla. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci, File)

New border wall in San Diego desecrates burial sites, …

Members of the Kumeyaay band of Indians and demonstrators prepare to march to the U.S.-Mexico border to protest construction of a new wall being constructed on their ancestral grounds on July 1, 2020 in Boulevard, California. (SANDY HUFFAKER/AFP via Getty Images)

Secretary of Defense Mark Esper says he was briefed on …

Secretary of Defense Mark Esper testifies during a House Armed Services Committee hearing on July 9, 2020. (GREG NASH/AFP via Getty Images)

Trump came close to firing Secretary of Defense due to …

Trump faces rising criticism from military leaders over …

U.S. President Donald Trump makes a statement to the press in the Rose Garden about restoring "law and order" in the wake of protests at the White House June 1, 2020, in Washington, DC. (Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)

Defense secretary opposes Trump on military force for …

Donald Trump walks with Defense Secretary Mark Esper through the Colonnades at the White House in Washington, D.C. on May 15, 2020. (MANDEL NGAN/AFP via Getty Images)

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Military Bases in San Diego, Bay Area Among 4 Facilities …

A charter plane lands at March Air Reserve Base in Riverside County on Jan. 29, 2020, with passengers evacuated from Wuhan, the Chinese city at the heart of a growing outbreak of the deadly 2019 novel coronavirus. (Credit: MATT HARTMAN/AFP via Getty Images)

Defense Secretary Contradicts Trump on Targeting …

Secretary of Defense Mark Esper holds an end of year press conference at the Pentagon in Arlington, Virginia, on Dec. 20, 2019. (Credit: Drew Angerer / Getty Images)

Top General: Letter Suggesting U.S. Would Withdraw …

Anti-war activists march from the White House to the Trump International Hotel in Washington, DC, on Jan. 4, 2020. (Credit: Andrew Caballero-Reynolds / AFP / Getty Images)

Iran Vows Revenge for U.S. Attack That Killed Top …

Iranians tear up a U.S. flag during a demonstration in Tehran on Jan. 3, 2020, following the killing of Iranian Revolutionary Guards Major General Qasem Soleimani in a U.S. strike on his convoy at Baghdad international airport. (Credit: Atta Kenare/AFP via Getty Images)

U.S. Standoff With Iran Escalates as Iranians Vow …

Iranians tear up a U.S. flag during a demonstration in Tehran on Jan. 3, 2020, following the killing of Iranian Revolutionary Guards Major General Qasem Soleimani in a U.S. strike on his convoy at Baghdad international airport. (Credit: Atta Kenare/AFP via Getty Images)

‘The Game Has Changed’: Attack on American Embassy …

Supporters and members of the Hashed al-Shaabi paramilitary force try to scale a wall of the U.S. embassy in the Iraqi capital Baghdad on January 1, 2020.(Credit: Ahmad Al-Rubaye/AFP via Getty Images)

‘The Game Has Changed’: Attack on American Embassy …

Supporters and members of the Hashed al-Shaabi paramilitary force try to scale a wall of the U.S. embassy in the Iraqi capital Baghdad on January 1, 2020.(Credit: Ahmad Al-Rubaye/AFP via Getty Images)