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Esper Finds Himself In A Minefield

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June 3, 2020 4:53 p.m.

Defense Secretary Mark Esper is trying to cha-cha his way out of the scandal surrounding President Donald Trump’s egregious photo-op at St. John’s Episcopal Church earlier this week.

But it doesn’t seem to be going well.

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