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Gen. Mark Milley appears before a Senate Armed Services Committee hearing on Capitol Hill in Washington, Thursday, July 11, 2019, for reappointment to the grade of general and to be Joint Chiefs of Staff Chairman. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)

Mark Milley confirmed by Senate as next chairman of Joint Chiefs of Staff

By Lauren Toms - The Washington Times

President Donald Trump speaks during the &quot;Presidential Social Media Summit&quot; in the East Room of the White House, Thursday, July 11, 2019, in Washington. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

House passes bipartisan budget bill with Trump support

By ANDREW TAYLOR - Associated Press

President Donald Trump, left, sits with Secretary of Defense Mark Esper, during a full honors welcoming ceremony for Esper at the Pentagon, Thursday, July 25, 2019, in Washington. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

Donald Trump praises Defense Secretary Mark Esper at Pentagon welcome ceremony

By Ben Wolfgang - The Washington Times

President Donald Trump looks to Secretary of Defense Mark Esper during a ceremony in the Oval Office at the White House in Washington, Tuesday, July 23, 2019. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)

Mark Esper on Iran interference: Allies working together to protect Gulf waterways

By Lauren Toms - The Washington Times

FILE - In this June 26, 2019 file photo, Acting U.S. Secretary for Defense Mark Esper speaks during a press point with NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg prior to a meeting of NATO defense ministers at NATO headquarters in Brussels. Esper, an Army veteran and former defense industry lobbyist, won Senate confirmation Tuesday to be the Secretary of Defense. (AP Photo/Virginia Mayo, Pool)

The Latest: Esper sworn in as new secretary of defense

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Mark Esper, left, is sworn in as the Secretary of Defense by Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito, right, as is wife Leah Esper holds the Bible, during a ceremony with President Donald Trump in the Oval Office at the White House in Washington, Tuesday, July 23, 2019. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)

Esper is sworn in as defense secretary to succeed Mattis

By ROBERT BURNS - Associated Press

Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., holds a news conference on Capitol Hill in Washington, Wednesday, July 17, 2019. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Lawmakers return to assess budget and debt agreement

By ANDREW TAYLOR - Associated Press

President Donald Trump speaks during a meeting with the Dutch Prime Minister Mark Rutte in the Oval Office of the White House, Thursday, July 18, 2019, in Washington. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

Trump: Administration to review Pentagon computer contract

By DARLENE SUPERVILLE and MATT O'BRIEN - Associated Press

Rep. Christopher H. Smith, New Jersey Republican. (Associated Press) ** FILE **

Pentagon’s weaponized ticks wouldn’t be worst military secret

By Cheryl K. Chumley - The Washington Times

This March 27, 2008, file photo, shows the Pentagon in Washington. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak, File) **FILE**

Senate Armed Services panel to speed up Norquist confirmation for Pentagon’s No. 2 post

By Lauren Toms - The Washington Times

In this Wednesday, May 29, 2019 photo released by the U.S. Air Force, two U.S. F-35A Lightning IIs break away from each other after an aerial refuelling mission over an undisclosed location in Southwest Asia. The F-35s later participated in a formation flight with United Arab Emirates Air Force Desert Falcons and Mirage 2000s to continue building military-to-military relationships with the UAE, according to the Air Force. (Staff Sgt. Chris Drzazgowski/U.S. Air Force via AP)

Mark Esper calls Turkey’s purchase of Russian missiles ‘disappointing’

By Lauren Toms - The Washington Times

Secretary of the Army and Secretary of Defense nominee Mark Esper testifies before a Senate Armed Services Committee confirmation hearing on Capitol Hill in Washington, Tuesday, July 16, 2019. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta)

Mark Esper, Defense secretary nominee, faces Senate confirmation grilling

By Lauren Toms - The Washington Times

In this July 8, 2019, photo, acting Secretary of Defense Mark Esper waits for the arrival of Qatar's Emir Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani to the Pentagon. The Pentagon says that Esper expects to be formally nominated for the top job very soon, setting off a complicated leadership replacement shuffle at top Army, Navy and senior Defense Department levels(AP Photo/Susan Walsh)

Trump nominates Esper to be defense chief, succeeding Mattis

By ROBERT BURNS - Associated Press

FILE - In this June 19, 2017, file photo President Donald Trump, left, and Satya Nadella, Chief Executive Officer of Microsoft, center, listen as Jeff Bezos, Chief Executive Officer of Amazon, speaks during an American Technology Council roundtable in the State Dinning Room of the White House in Washington. Amazon and Microsoft are battling for a $10 billion opportunity to build the U.S. military its first “war cloud.” (AP Photo/Alex Brandon, File)

Judge sides with Pentagon and Amazon in cloud bidding case

By MATT O'BRIEN - Associated Press

FILE - In this Nov. 28, 2018, file photo, then-Secretary of Defense Jim Mattis speaks with reporters before welcoming Lithuanian Minister of National Defense Raimundas Karoblis to the Pentagon in Washington. When he resigned as defense secretary last December, Mattis thought it might take two months to install a successor. That seemed terribly long at the time. Seven months later, the U.S. still has no confirmed defense secretary even with the nation facing potential armed conflict with Iran. It’s the longest such stretch in the history of the Pentagon. (AP Photo/Cliff Owen, File)

Pentagon in its longest-ever stretch of leadership limbo

By ROBERT BURNS - Associated Press

This March 27, 2008, file photo, shows the Pentagon in Washington. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak, File) **FILE**

Court rejects Oracle challenge to Pentagon’s $10 billion war cloud contract

By Ben Wolfgang - The Washington Times

Acting Secretary of Defense Mark Esper waits for the arrival of Qatar's Emir Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani to the Pentagon in Washington, Monday, July 8, 2019. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)

Senate panel sets expedited Esper confirmation hearing for defense secretary next week

By Lauren Toms - The Washington Times

FILE - In this June 19, 2017, file photo President Donald Trump, left, and Satya Nadella, Chief Executive Officer of Microsoft, center, listen as Jeff Bezos, Chief Executive Officer of Amazon, speaks during an American Technology Council roundtable in the State Dinning Room of the White House in Washington. Amazon and Microsoft are battling for a $10 billion opportunity to build the U.S. military its first “war cloud.” (AP Photo/Alex Brandon, File)

Amazon, Microsoft wage war over the Pentagon’s ‘war cloud’

By MATT O'BRIEN - Associated Press

In this Feb. 14, 2019, file photo, people stand in the lobby for Amazon offices in New York. Amazon and Microsoft are battling for a $10 billion opportunity to build the U.S. military its first war cloud. (AP Photo/Mark Lennihan, File)

Donald Trump urged to get involved in Pentagon deal with Amazon on cloud computing

By Ben Wolfgang - The Washington Times

Vice Chief of Naval Operations, Admiral William Moran describes the function of the USS Thomas Hudner prior to its commissioning ceremony Saturday Dec. 1, 2018, in Boston. The Maine-built Arleigh Burke-class destroyer is named in honor of Thomas Hudner, a Fall River native and longtime Concord resident who was awarded the Medal of Honor by President Harry Truman for crash-landing his plane to try to save the life of Ensign Jesse Brown during the Battle of Chosin Reservoir in December 1950. (Paul Connors/The Boston Herald via AP)

William Moran to retire, was to be Navy top officer

By Robert Burns - Associated Press