Senate confirms Army veteran Mark Esper secretary of defense
WASHINGTON — It took seven months, but President Donald Trump finally has a Senate-confirmed secretary of defense. Mark Esper, an Army veteran and former defense industry lobbyist, won Senate confirmation Tuesday by a vote of 90-8. He was to be officially sworn in by the end of the day, ending the longest period the Pentagon has gone without a confirmed leader in its history.North Carolina’s senators — Sen. Richard Burr and Sen. Thom […]
