Trump’s Pentagon shake-up continues with more loyalists promoted
Changes began on Monday with the sudden firing of defence secretary Mark Esper
Washington — Sweeping changes in the Pentagon’s top ranks are under way as President Donald Trump elevates allies in moves that critics say sends a signal of turmoil in the leadership of the US military just after a contentious election.
A day after Trump fired Pentagon chief Mark Esper by tweet, two senior officials stepped down on Tuesday as did Esper’s former chief of staff. James Anderson, the acting deputy under secretary of defence for policy, did not give a reason for his departure in a resignation letter to the president, but praised policies put in place during the Trump administration. He had been in his current post only since June...
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