All Articles on Mark Esper
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News More 'Dictatorship Than a Democracy': Trump Purge at Pentagon Increases Fears of Coup-in-Motion "The purge happening at the Department of Defense, in the middle of a messy transition, should worry us all." Read more |
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News Critics Call Upcoming Pentagon Visit by Indonesian Defense Minister—Accused of Horrific Atrocities—a 'Human Rights Catastrophe' Prabowo Subianto—who led a notorious commando unit implicated in genocidal violence—was invited to Washington by Defense Secretary Mark Esper. Read more |
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News Democratic Lawmakers Raise Alarm Over Esper's Refusal to Rule Out Deploying Troops During Election "We have not received a direct commitment from Secretary Esper that he will refuse commands from an illegitimate president," lamented Rep. Mikie Sherrill. Read more |
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Views We Must Be Prepared to Nonviolently Defend a Democratic Election in the Streets Trump must go. And then the real work of democratic politics can continue. Read more |
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News Pentagon Secrecy Around Covid-19 at Guantanamo Just One More Reason to Shut Offshore Prison, Say Senate Dems The lawmakers said the response they received from the Defense Department about efforts to contain the coronavirus were unconvincing. Read more |
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News 'What a Disgrace': Pentagon Weighing $2.2 Billion in Cuts to Military Healthcare Just After Passage of $740 Billion Budget "The Trump administration is always looking for ways to cut your healthcare, regardless of who you are, where you live, or what you do." Read more |
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Views What Will Trump Do to the World to Win Re-Election? Trump shrugged at 150,000 U.S. COVID-19 deaths. Who’s to say he’s above starting a fight with China or Iran? Read more |
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Views A Naval Officer's Spouse on Why the US Military Puts Empire Over Public Health My husband, in other words, is now unnecessarily risking his own and his family’s exposure to a virus that has to date claimed more than 150,000 American lives—already more than eight times higher than the number of Americans who died in both the 9/11 terrorist attacks and the endless wars in Iraq... Read more |
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News Citing Fears of a Defeated Trump Who Won't Go Willingly, Warren Calls on Cabinet Officials to End Deployment of Federal Agents Against Protests "This is an urgent matter for American democracy and for the safety of Americans peacefully protesting in their communities." Read more |
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Views A World of "Killer Robots" But Not "National Security" The Pentagon confronts the pandemic. Read more |