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Esper Claims Defense Dept. Is Improperly Blocking Parts of His Memoir
As published (The New York Times - November 28, 2021) - Former Defense Secretary Mark T. Esper on Sunday sued the agency he once led, accusing officials at the Pentagon of improperly blocking significant portions of an upcoming memoir about his tumultuous tenure under President Donald J. Trump.
The allegations by Mr. Esper, whom Mr. Trump fired shortly after losing his re-election bid last November, are laid out in a lawsuit filed in Federal District Court in Washington, D.C.
“Significant text is being improperly withheld from publication in Secretary Esper’s manuscript under the guise of classification,” the suit said. “The withheld text is crucial to telling important stories discussed in the manuscript.”
As I told Wolf Blitzer - Israel sent a clear message today: we can strike the interior of Iran if we want and have the will to do so. Last week’s defeat of Iran’s missile strikes was defense; today was deterrence. It’s overdue for the West to unite and compel better behavior from Iran or the cycle continues. Watch the Interview Here.
Bill Kristol and I discuss the state of the world. Watch the Interview Here.
“Nobody wants a wider regional war. But we arguably are on the precipice of that right now. This could get very big, very quickly,” I said to Christiane Amanpour while I criticized the Biden administration's response, arguing that Israel has to respond. Watch the Interview Here .
Wolf Blitzer and I discuss the ongoing Israel and Iran situation. Watch the Interview Here .
"My view is Israel probably has to strike back hard and try to reestablish deterrence and make sure the Iranians know that they can’t strike Israel with 300-plus missiles and drones with impunity," I said to the DC Examiner. Read the Article Here .
Solid piece but for one error: we moved Israel into CENTCOM at end of Trump term for the reasons this conflict is exposing. I had great support from Mike Pompeo to push this. See page 185 of "A Sacred Oath" for the how and why we did this. Read the Article Here .
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