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This is kind of ironic: Congress critters demand squeaky-clean Secretaries of various departments when they themselves are hardly out of the dustbin. So Shanahan withdrew because of something that happened long in the past, and Esper now has the job.<\/p>\n
https:\/\/www.defensenews.com\/news\/pentagon-congress\/2019\/07\/23\/esper-confirmed-as-new-defense-secretary-ending-pentagon-leadership-uncertainty\/<\/a><\/p>\n From the article:\u00a0 WASHINGTON \u2014 The Senate on Tuesday overwhelmingly approved Mark Esper to be the country\u2019s 27th defense secretary, ending a wait of more than 200 days for a permanent Pentagon leader<\/a>.<\/p>\n Esper\u2019s relatively drama-free confirmation vote<\/a>\u00a0\u2014 90-8 \u2014 stood in contrast to the seven months of uncertainty in the highest levels of the military\u2019s leadership.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n After\u00a0former Defense Secretary Jim Mattis<\/a>\u00a0was forced out of his post early on the first day of 2019, acting Defense Secretary Patrick Shanahan helmed the department until he suddenly\u00a0withdrew from consideration for the full-time job<\/a> in June amid reports of domestic violence among his family members. – Article.<\/p>\n I’d also like to remind you all that the (3rd attempt) proposal last week to impeach Pres. Trump was voted “NO” by a wide majority of 332 NO to 95 Yes.\u00a0 https:\/\/www.texastribune.org\/2019\/07\/17\/al-greens-third-attempt-impeach-donald-trump-fails\/<\/a><\/p>\n <\/p>\n<\/div>\n <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"\n\n