WASHINGTON (AFP) - The US Senate on Tuesday (July 23) confirmed former soldier Mark Esper as secretary of defense, filling America's longest-ever Pentagon leadership vacuum as Washington faces mounting tensions with Iran and struggles to end its long war in Afghanistan.. Read more at straitstimes.com.
WASHINGTON - The US Senate on Tuesday confirmed former soldier Mark Esper as secretary of defense, filling America's longest-ever Pentagon leadership vacuum as Washington faces mounting tensions with Iran and struggles to end its long war in Afghanistan.
Esper sailed through the confirmation process in lightning speed. He earned broad bipartisan support and was confirmed by a vote of 90 to 8.Esper's confirmation brings ballast to a Pentagon destabilised by the leadership revolving door since late December, and as the world's primary military power is engaged in two wars - in Syria and Afghanistan - and being tested by Teheran.
"Having a Senate-confirmed secretary of defense, especially one of this quality, could not come a moment too soon."
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