Esper says S Korea wealthy enough to pay more for US troops
SEOUL, South Korea — U.S. Defense Secretary Mark Esper says South Korea is wealthy enough to pay a bigger share of the cost of having U.S. troops on i...
Esper: US could alter military drills to boost NKorea talks
JOINT BASE LEWIS-MCCHORD, Wash. — Defense Secretary Mark Esper said Wednesday that he is open to the possibility of altering American military activit...
Pentagon chief tries to keep Asia in focus with second trip
WASHINGTON — Barely four months into his tenure, Defense Secretary Mark Esper is making his second trek across the Pacific. And yet it is the Middle E...
Not over yet: New US Syria mission after al-Baghdadi’s death
WASHINGTON — Pivoting from the dramatic killing of the Islamic State group's leader, the Pentagon is increasing U.S. efforts to protect Syria's oil fi...
Russia calls US move to protect Syrian oil ‘banditry’
MOSCOW — Russia's Defense Ministry on Saturday harshly criticized the United States decision to send armored vehicles and combat troops into eastern S...
Iraq official: US troops from Syria to leave Iraq in 4 weeks
BAGHDAD — U.S troops withdrawing from northeastern Syria to Iraq are "transiting" and will leave the country within four weeks, Iraq's defense ministe...
Esper arrives in Baghdad to discuss US troop deployments
BAGHDAD — Defense Secretary Mark Esper arrived in Baghdad Wednesday, as chaos swirled along the Turkey-Syria border and Iraqi leaders chafed over repo...