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Mark Esper on his new book, 'A Sacred Oath'

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The White House, Is It Better to Follow My Sword Right Here Over Nacasoni?

I was prepared to be fired then because i thought it was the right thing to do in terms of protecting the integrity of the military promotion system and an assignment system. So a, i don't know, probably. I certainly was willing to do it and prepared that it would happen. But when it came to venman, in fact, as i describe in a book, once i tell the chief of staff, mark meadows, that i had already put men on the promotion list and it was coming over to the white house,. And i thought that was just kind of a message for me to pack up my bags and go home. That's what i felt like doing at the time.

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