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Florida naval base shooting: Saudi gunman brought weapon legally
Updated : 6 years, 3 months ago IST
Florida [US], Dec 9 (ANI): The Saudi officer, who shot dead three sailors at Naval Air Station Pensacola in Florida on Friday, had purchased the gun legally.
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US Defence Secretary says Trump ordered him to allow convicted Navy SEAL t
Updated : 6 years, 3 months ago IST
Washington DC [USA], Nov 26 (ANI): US Defence Secretary Mark Esper on Monday said that President Donald Trump ordered him to allow a Navy SEAL acquitted of posing with a corpse of a slain ISIS terrorist, to retire without losing his elite status.
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Trump nominates Ambassador to Norway as ousted Navy Secretary Richard Spen
Updated : 6 years, 3 months ago IST
Washington DC [USA], Nov 25 (ANI): United States President Donald Trump on Sunday announced that he would nominate country's current Ambassador to Norway, Kenneth Braithwaite, for the post of Navy Secretary, shortly after Richard Spencer was asked to resign from the same post by Defence Secr
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Pentagon chief asks for US Navy secretary's resignation over his handling
Updated : 6 years, 3 months ago IST
Washington DC [USA], Nov 25 (ANI): US Defence Secretary Mark Esper on Sunday asked for the resignation of Navy Secretary Richard Spencer over his handling of a case involving a Navy SEAL officer who was accused of war crimes in Iraq.
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US Defence Secretary urges renewal of GSOMIA between Japan-South Korea
Updated : 6 years, 3 months ago IST
Bangkok [Thailand], Nov 18 (ANI): US Defence Secretary Mark Esper has urged Seoul to renew Japan-South Korea General Security of Military Information Agreement (GSOMIA), which expires on November 23.
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US, S Korea to delay air drills as 'act of goodwill' to help talks with Py
Updated : 6 years, 3 months ago IST
Bangkok [Thailand], Nov 17 (Sputnik/ANI): In a show of good faith, the United States and South Korea have decided to hold off upcoming joint military exercises to promote denuclearisation efforts in the Korean Peninsula, the US Secretary of Defence Mark Esper said on Sunday.
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Rajnath meets US counterpart Mark Esper on ADMM-Plus margins in Bangkok
Updated : 6 years, 3 months ago IST
Bangkok [Thailand], Nov 17 (ANI): Union Defence Minister Rajnath Singh on Sunday held a bilateral meeting with the US secretary of defence, Mark Esper, here on the sidelines of the ASEAN Defence Ministers' Meeting Plus (ADMM Plus).
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US Defence Secretary arrives in Afghanistan on unannounced stop
Updated : 6 years, 4 months ago IST
Kabul [Afghanistan], Oct 20 (ANI): US Defence Secretary Mark Esper on Sunday arrived in Afghanistan on an unannounced stop in the war-torn nation which is witnessing persistent attacks by Taliban.
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US Defence Secretary Esper in Kabul to take peace talks forward
Updated : 6 years, 4 months ago IST
Kabul [Afghanistan], Oct 20 (ANI): United States' Defence Secretary Mark Esper on Sunday arrived here with the aim to reach a peace agreement with Afghanistan.
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Turkey can return to F-35 if it quits S-400 programme: Pentagon Chief
Updated : 6 years, 6 months ago IST
Washington [USA], Aug 29 (ANI): Pentagon chief Mark Esper on Wednesday stated that Turkey could return to the F-35 programme if it opted out of Russia's S-400 air defence system.
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S Korean, US defence officials to meet in Seoul on Aug 9
Updated : 6 years, 7 months ago IST
Seoul [South Korea], July 31 (Sputnik/ANI): The South Korean Defence Ministry on Wednesday said that its Defence Minister, Jeong Kyeong-doo, is slated to hold a meeting with the new US Defense Secretary, Mark Esper, on August 9.
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US confirms Trump nominee Mark Esper's appointment as Secretary of Defence
Updated : 6 years, 7 months ago IST
Washington [US], July 24 (ANI): The US Senate on Tuesday confirmed former soldier Mark Esper as the new secretary of defence.
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