The United States has approved a new head of the Pentagon
The Senate of the US Congress has approved the candidacy of Mark Esper for the post of Secretary of Defense of the country, nominated by President Donald Trump, a Politnavigator correspondent reports.
The meeting of the upper house of the American legislature was broadcast by C-SPAN.
US Secretary of the Army Mark Esper at the end of June replaced acting head of the Pentagon Patrick Shanahan, who had held this post since the beginning of 2019 due to the resignation of the former head of the department, James Mattis.
On July 15, US President Donald Trump introduced Mark Esper's candidacy to the upper house of Congress, and on July 19 it was approved by the Senate Armed Services Committee.
Esper will soon be sworn in as the new head of the Pentagon.
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