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Presidente Donald Trump destituye al secretario de Defensa, Mark Esper

El mandatario hizo el anuncio por Twitter, y nombró en el cargo a Christopher Miller, director del Centro Nacional de Contraterrorismo

(FILES) In this file photo taken on March 4, 2020, US Secretary of Defense Mark Esper speaks during a press conference at the Pentagon in Washington, DC. - The United States will slash its military presence in Germany by 11,900 troops, relocating some to Italy and Belgium in a major shift of Washington's NATO assets, Defense Secretary Mark Esper announced on July 29, 2020. In a repositioning that could start within weeks, the Pentagon will be sending home about 6,400 of its military personnel in Germany, and move nearly 5,600 to other NATO countries. (Photo by Olivier DOULIERY / AFP)
(FILES) In this file photo taken on March 4, 2020, US Secretary of Defense Mark Esper speaks during a press conference at the Pentagon in Washington, DC. - The United States will slash its military presence in Germany by 11,900 troops, relocating some to Italy and Belgium in a major shift of Washington's NATO assets, Defense Secretary Mark Esper announced on July 29, 2020. In a repositioning that could start within weeks, the Pentagon will be sending home about 6,400 of its military personnel in Germany, and move nearly 5,600 to other NATO countries. (Photo by Olivier DOULIERY / AFP) OLIVIER DOULIERY
El secretario de Defensa de los Estados Unidos, Mark Esper, participó en una conferencia de prensa junto al presidente Donald Trump, en la Oficina Oval de la Casa Blanca, en Washington, el 23 de julio del 2019. Foto: AFP (NICHOLAS KAMM/AFP)

Washington. El presidente de Estados Unidos, Donald Trump, anunció este lunes el despido de su ministro de Defensa, Mark Esper, quien será reemplazado por el director del Centro Nacional de Contraterrorismo, Christopher Miller.

“¡Chris va a hacer un GRAN trabajo! Mark Esper fue despedido. Le agradezco su servicio”, tuiteó sin ceremonias el mandatario, dos días después del anuncio de su derrota ante Joe Biden en las elecciones presidenciales.

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