Topic: Patrick Shanahan

Former Defense Secretary Mark Esper says in his upcoming memoir that President Donald Trump once asked him if the U.S. could shoot missiles into Mexico to destroy drug labs and dangerous cartels, according to reports.

Mark Esper was sworn in as secretary of defense Tuesday after being confirmed by the Senate, filling a Cabinet role that's been vacant since James Mattis' departure nearly seven months ago.

The Senate armed services committee opened a confirmation hearing Tuesday for acting Defense Secretary Mark Esper.

Lockheed Martin was awarded $348.2 million for Lot 12 low-rate initial production of the F-35, while Pratt & Whitney reportedly is working to correct issues causing it to be chronically late delivering engines for them.

President Donald Trump has announced his intention to nominate Mark Esper, secretary of the Army, as the next defense secretary, among other key defense posts.

Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps said Thursday it shot down a U.S. military drone along the country's southern coast after it violated Iranian airspace, a claim rejected by the Pentagon.

Acting Defense Secretary Patrick Shanahan on Tuesday withdrew himself from consideration to be formally nominated to head the Defense Department, President Donald Trump announced.

The Pentagon on Monday announced it is sending 1,000 additional troops to the Middle East after attacks on oil tankers in the Gulf of Oman last week, which U.S. officials blamed on Iran.

The Pentagon's threat to remove Turkey from the F-35 program is not in line with the spirit of the two nation's alliance, the Middle East country's national defense minister said this week.

Acting Defense Secretary Patrick Shanahan has reminded all military personnel "that our mission, to protect and defend the nation, is apolitical."