(VOVWORLD) - President Donald Trump announced Monday that he has fired Mark Esper as his Defense Secretary and said Christopher Miller will serve as acting Defense Secretary.
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"I am pleased to announce that Christopher C. Miller, the highly respected Director of the National Counterterrorism Center (unanimously confirmed by the Senate), will be Acting Secretary of Defense, effective immediately," Trump tweeted.
Mark Esper became US Defense Secretary in July, 2019.