Trump Appoints Christopher C. Miller as the Acting Secretary of Defense Effective Immediately
“Chris will do a GREAT job! Mark Esper has been terminated. I would like to thank him for his service,” Trump said in a second tweet. Esper has had a rocky relationship with the president, which worsened after he resisted Trump’s desire to call out active-duty troops to quell protests in Washington in June, and he reportedly prepared a resignation letter in case he was ousted after the election.
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Russian Soldier Kills 3 in Air Base Shooting Incident
A Russian conscript soldier killed three fellow servicemen on Monday at a military air base after attacking them with an axe and a gun, Russian news agencies reported.
The serviceman shot at officers who had come for a morning inspection at the base in the Voronezh region, around 500 km south of Moscow (310 miles), and then fled the scene, news agencies cited the defense ministry as saying.
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