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Secretary of Defense Mark Esper testifies during a House Armed Services Committee hearing on July 9 in Washington, D.C. Greg Nash/Pool/Getty Images
Defense Secretary Mark Esper has been terminated, President Trump wrote in a tweet, and will be replaced by Christopher C. Miller, the director of the National Counterterrorism Center. Chris will do a GREAT job, Trump tweeted shortly after noon. Mark Esper has been terminated. I would like to thank him for his service.
Sources say Esper already had a resignation letter ready to go because Trump threatened to fire him in June over a disagreement about using active duty troops to quell street protests and had recently updated it.
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