The head of the Pentagon refused to office after six months: who will replace him

Since January 2019, after the departure of James Mattis, the duties of the head of the Pentagon were performed by his deputy, Patrick Shanahan. He claimed to take this post completely. But less than six months later, Shenahan withdrew his candidacy, which he Twitter said President Donald Trump.

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The president thanked Shanahan for his work and noted that the decision was connected with the desire to devote more time to the family. New acting Donald Trump has appointed Mark Esper, the current secretary of the US Army.

"Acting Secretary of Defense Patrick Shanahan, who has done a wonderful job, has decided not to continue the confirmation process to devote more time to his family...," Trump said in his first tweet.

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“….I thank Pat for his outstanding service and nominate Secretary of the Army Mark Esper as the new acting head of the Department of Defense. I know Mark and I have no doubt that he will do a fantastic job!” - reads the second tweet.

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Shanahan served as head of the Pentagon from January 1 2019, replacing James Mattis in this post. In May, Donald Trump nominated Shanahan as a candidate for the permanent post of head of department, the Senate had to approve the candidate.

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Last week, the media reported that the US president expressed doubts about Shanahan’s candidacy and consulted with the administration about other possible candidates, among whom Esper was mentioned.

Mark Esper. A photo: Wikimedia Commons / public domain

In 2002, Esper became Deputy Assistant Head of the Department of Defense for developing negotiating plans, was responsible for nuclear non-proliferation, arms control and international security issues. In 2004, Esper worked in the Senate, was an adviser to majority leader Bill Frist on national security. From September 2007 to February 2008, he worked on the Fred Thompson presidential election campaign.

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From 2008 to 2010, Esper was vice president of the US Chamber of Commerce for Europe and Eurasia, and in July 2010, he became vice president of government relations for the Raytheon defense industry.

19 July 2017, US President Donald Trump nominated Esper for the post of secretary of the army, and he became the third candidate in this post - proposed by Trump Vincent Viola and Mark Green withdrew their candidacies. 15 in November The Senate approved it with 89 by a vote against 6, and 20 in November, Esper officially took office, notes Wikipedia.

As ForumDaily wrote earlier:

• Over the past year, several key US officials resigned or were sent.
• October 9 resigned from the United States Permanent Representative to the UN Nikki Haley. At a joint press conference with Trump, Haley announced that she was retiring after the "difficult eight years" of work as governor and permanent representative. Haley held the post 1 year and 11 months.
• In November 2018, President Donald Trump fired US attorney general Jeff Sessions. In September, Trump openly criticized the actions of the Attorney General and even stated: “I do not have a Attorney General. And this is very sad. "
• In December of the same year he left James Mattis, US Department of Defense. He has worked in the White House since January 2016 of the year - since Trump became president. In his letter to the president, Mattis explained his desire to leave the post by a difference in views with the American leader.
• Here is the complete list. everyone who didn’t work well with the Donald Trump team in 2018.
• In April, 2019, Donald Trump announced that the head of the US Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Kirsten Nielsen leaves his post. She has held this position since December 2017. Trump did not explain the reasons for the dismissal, but people familiar with the situation claim that it was caused by the crisis on the southern border of the United States due to the growing number of illegal immigrants Nielsen could not cope with.
• 13 June 2019, it became known that Sarah Sanders, who, being the press secretary of President Donald Trump, became the public face of the White House and defended the most controversial decisions of the administration, leaves his post. Sanders worked at Trump's campaign headquarters in 2016, after which she became press secretary in 2017.

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