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Handling of street protests creates crisis for Pentagon boss

by AP National Security Writer
| June 3, 2020 2:27 PM

WASHINGTON (AP) — Defense Secretary Mark Esper is facing the most politically charged crisis of his tenure, criticized for calling protester-filled streets a military “battle space” and accused of failing to keep the military out of politics.

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