Epoch Times:
WASHINGTON—The U.S. Senate on July 23 confirmed Army Secretary Mark Esper to be secretary of defense, ending the longest period by far that the Pentagon has been without a permanent top official.
The Senate backed Esper, a former soldier and lobbyist for weapons maker Raytheon Co., to be President Donald Trump’s second confirmed leader of the Pentagon by 90-8.
Esper, 55, received strong bipartisan support despite some sharp questioning during his confirmation hearing by Democratic Senator Elizabeth Warren about his ties to Raytheon and his refusal to extend an ethics commitment he signed in 2017 to avoid decisions involving the company.
Warren, a 2020 presidential hopeful, was the only member of the Senate Armed Services Committee to voice opposition to Esper’s confirmation during the hearing.
Raytheon is the third-largest U.S. defense contractor.
There has been no confirmed defense secretary since Jim Mattis resigned in December over policy differences with Trump. Many members of Congress from both parties had urged the Republican president to act urgently to fill the powerful position. read more
Mueller is getting grilled right now.
He’s coming off as Mr. Magoo.
Dodering old fool…
No live Mueller thread?
It’s a circus. Who in the right mind would give Sheila Jackson Lee and Steve “Chicken Man Daughter Screwer” Cohen the mic in one of these events?
Mueller is stinking it up. Remember the Jordan Peterson interview with the woman who kept intentionally misrepresenting what he was saying? Just like that.
To ask the question is to answer it.
DAMN!
A good corner man would have thrown in the white towel by now.
Wave the white flag.
Louis Gohmert just rotisserie barbecued his ass!