Defense Secretary Mark T. Esper boards a government plane in 2019. Lisa Ferdinando/Defense Department file photo
GovExec Daily: The Shakeup at the Pentagon
Defense One's Katie Bo Williams joins the podcast to discuss the leadership overhaul at the Defense Department.
This month has seen President Donald Trump remove a number of top security officials in the wake of his Nov. 3 election defeat. Pentagon chief Mark Esper headlined a group of Defense officials who were fired or resigned, with many questioning the motivations for the president’s personnel moves and wondering about the effects of the shakeup.
Katie Bo Williams is the senior national security correspondent for Defense One and is covering the national security shakeup in the Trump administration. She joined GovExec Daily to talk about Pentagon leadership in the waning months of the Trump administration.
