July 20 2017
President Trump is poised to nominate defense lobbyist Mark Esper as army secretary, says CBS News.
Esper is a defense lobbyist for Raytheon and has been the head of the company's government relations arm since 2010.
The pending nomination was first reported by the Washington Examiner on Wednesday.
Esper will be Trump's third person picked for the position. The first two dropped out over financial vetting issues and controversial comments on about federal attempts to...
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