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Secretary of the Army and Secretary of Defense nominee Mark Esper testifies before a Senate Armed Services Committee confirmation hearing on Capitol Hill in Washington, Tuesday, July 16, 2019. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta)

Defense secretary nominee Mark Esper faces Senate confirmation grilling

In this Wednesday, May 29, 2019 photo released by the U.S. Air Force, two U.S. F-35A Lightning IIs break away from each other after an aerial refuelling mission over an undisclosed location in Southwest Asia. The F-35s later participated in a formation flight with United Arab Emirates Air Force Desert Falcons and Mirage 2000s to continue building military-to-military relationships with the UAE, according to the Air Force. (Staff Sgt. Chris Drzazgowski/U.S. Air Force via AP)

No F-35s for you! Team Trump trashes Turkey for buying Russian missile system

In this July 8, 2019, photo, acting Secretary of Defense Mark Esper waits for the arrival of Qatar's Emir Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani to the Pentagon. The Pentagon says that Esper expects to be formally nominated for the top job very soon, setting off a complicated leadership replacement shuffle at top Army, Navy and senior Defense Department levels(AP Photo/Susan Walsh)

Trump nominates Esper to be defense chief, succeeding Mattis

Judge sides with Pentagon and Amazon in cloud bidding case

Pentagon in its longest-ever stretch of leadership limbo

This March 27, 2008, file photo, shows the Pentagon in Washington. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak, File) **FILE**

Court rejects Oracle challenge to Pentagon’s $10 billion war cloud contract

Acting Secretary of Defense Mark Esper waits for the arrival of Qatar's Emir Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani to the Pentagon in Washington, Monday, July 8, 2019. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)

Senate panel sets expedited Esper confirmation hearing for defense secretary next week

In this Feb. 14, 2019, file photo, people stand in the lobby for Amazon offices in New York. Amazon and Microsoft are battling for a $10 billion opportunity to build the U.S. military its first war cloud. (AP Photo/Mark Lennihan, File)

Lawmakers urge Trump to take reins of massive Pentagon-Amazon cloud computing deal

Amazon, Microsoft wage war over the Pentagon’s ‘war cloud’

Vice Chief of Naval Operations, Admiral William Moran describes the function of the USS Thomas Hudner prior to its commissioning ceremony Saturday Dec. 1, 2018, in Boston. The Maine-built Arleigh Burke-class destroyer is named in honor of Thomas Hudner, a Fall River native and longtime Concord resident who was awarded the Medal of Honor by President Harry Truman for crash-landing his plane to try to save the life of Ensign Jesse Brown during the Battle of Chosin Reservoir in December 1950. (Paul Connors/The Boston Herald via AP)

Poor judgment: Admiral set to become Navy’s top officer to retire instead

FILE - In this Dec. 1, 2018 file photo, Vice Chief of Naval Operations, Adm. William Moran describes the function of the USS Thomas Hudner prior to its commissioning ceremony in Boston. Moran, the Navy admiral set to become his service's top officer on Aug. 1, 2019, says he will instead retire. The extraordinary downfall of Moran was prompted by what Navy Secretary Richard Spencer on Sunday, July 7 called poor judgment. Spencer faulted Moran for having a professional relationship with a person who had been disciplined for what Spencer called "failing to meet the values and standards of the naval profession." (Paul Connors/The Boston Herald via AP, File)

Admiral picked to lead Navy is retiring; bad judgment cited

Two Bradley Fighting Vehicles are parked nearby the Lincoln Memorial for President Donald Trump's "Salute to America"event honoring service branches on Independence Day, Tuesday, July 2, 2019, in Washington. Trump is promising military tanks along with "Incredible Flyovers & biggest ever Fireworks!" for the Fourth of July. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)

Acting Pentagon chief heads delegation for Trump’s July Fourth ‘Salute to America’

President Donald Trump talks during a signing ceremony in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington, Monday, July 1, 2019, with Vice President Mike Pence, left, and Secretary of Health and Human Services Alex Azar. The president signed a $4.6 billion aid package to help the federal government cope with the surge of Central American immigrants at the U.S.-Mexico border. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)

Appeals court: Trump can’t use Pentagon cash for border wall

Military police walk near Abrams tanks on a flat car in a rail yard, Monday, July 1, 2019, in Washington, ahead of a Fourth of July celebration that President Donald Trump says will include military hardware. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky)

Trump touts July 4 military ‘salute’; critics see politics

Mark T. Esper, who became acting defense secretary two weeks ago, will have to step down while he goes through the Senate confirmation process for a permanent position, meaning the Pentagon will have a fourth leader since the end of December. (Associated Press/File)

Another shake-up: Esper to make way for Pentagon’s fourth leader in six months

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The Pentagon says the new acting defense secretary, Richard V. Spencer, approved the deployment.

Pentagon says 2,100 more troops going to US-Mexico border →

The Pentagon has repeatedly said the S-400 purchase would mean Turkey's indefinite suspension, and potentially its permanent removal, from the U.S. F-35 stealth fighter program as a supplier of numerous components.

Pentagon nominee regrets Turkey's 'drift' from West →

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