Posted on 11/09/2020 10:30:08 AM PST by Golden Eagle
WASHINGTON — U.S Defense Secretary Mark Esper has been fired by President Donald Trump.
Trump announced the move in a Nov. 9 tweet, just days after the presidential election was called in favor of former Vice President Joe Biden.
Christopher Miller, director of the National Counterterrorism Center, has been appointed acting defense secretary, Trump said.
(Excerpt) Read more at news.yahoo.com ...
The first of many to hear “you’re fired”!
Wray, Barr, Durham, Huber and fire Sessions again please.
Who’s next. Wray?
Excellent!
Can he name Pam Bondi as acting FBI Director after he fires Wray?
Let the pinko slips begin.
Fire WRAY! Drain it!!!!!
Better put a guard on Esper—and make sure he does not steal any Confederate statues on the way out the door!
Christopher C. Miller
Mr. Christopher Miller was Performing the Duties of the Assistant Secretary of Defense (ASD) for SO/LIC and is former Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense (DASD) for Special Operations and Combating Terrorism (SOCT). DASD Miller is responsible for overseeing the employment of special operations forces in counterterrorism, Military Information Support Operations (MISO), Information Operations, unconventional warfare, irregular warfare, direct action, special reconnaissance, foreign internal defense, counter proliferation, sensitive special operations, and personnel recovery/hostage issues as specified by the Secretary of Defense. Mr. Miller was sworn in as the DASD for SOCT on 6 January 2020.
From March 2018 through December 2019, Mr. Miller served as the Special Assistant to the President and Senior Director for Counterterrorism and Transnational Threats at the National Security Council (NSC). In this position, Mr. Miller was responsible for strategic level policy making and implementation, and support to senior NSC and White House leadership.
Mr. Miller was raised in Iowa City, Iowa and is a retired U.S. Army officer. He was commissioned as an Infantry officer in 1987 through R.O.T.C. with a Bachelor of Arts in History from the George Washington University. Mr. Miller began his military career as an enlisted Infantryman in the Army Reserve in 1983 and also served in the District of Columbia National Guard as a Military Policeman. In 1993, he transferred to Special Forces and served in numerous command and staff positions within the 5th Special Forces Group (Airborne).
Throughout his career, he served within other special operations organizations, culminating with command of the 2nd Battalion, 5th SFG(A). Mr. Miller participated in the initial combat operations in Afghanistan in 2001 and Iraq in 2003, in addition to numerous follow-on deployments to both theaters, and has extensive inter-agency and joint special operations experience. Upon retirement from the Army in 2014, Mr. Miller worked for over two years as a defense contractor providing clandestine Special Operations and Intelligence expertise directly to the Under Secretaries of Defense for Intelligence and Policy.
Mr. Miller possesses a Master of Arts degree in National Security Studies from the Naval War College and is a graduate of the Naval College of Command and Staff and the Army War College. Mr. Miller lives in Virginia with his wife. They have two grown daughters and a son in college.
Wray needs to be next!!
No thank you. appoint Sidney Powell.
I really want to know what it is in Mark Esper’s PERFORMANCE that cause Trump to fire him.
Exactly what did he do or neglect/fail to do?
I was thinking Sidney Powell should replace Barr
I wonder the same thing.
I suspect they found him somehow wrongly involved in this election.
Trump doesn’t it need a reason to fire any cabinet member.
Several issues. The main one that seems most relevant now, was when Esper went out on a limb and declared that US Military forces could/would not be used in the domestic US to deal with domestic terrorism.
Trump promptly reminded him of the Insurrection Act, among other options available to the US President. There’s been a countdown on this firing ever since.
Why now and not two months ago?
Disclaimer: Opinions posted on Free Republic are those of the individual posters and do not necessarily represent the opinion of Free Republic or its management. All materials posted herein are protected by copyright law and the exemption for fair use of copyrighted works.