FILE - U.S. Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-SC) (L) and National Security Council Senior Director of Counterterrorism Kashyap "Kash" Pramod Patel listen as U.S.
President Donald Trump makes a statement in the Diplomatic Reception Room of the White House Octob (Alex Wong/Getty Images)WASHINGTON - A day after President Donald Trump fired Defense Secretary Mark Esper, three staunch loyalists to the president were named to top defense jobs.
Among them was a former Fox News commentator who failed to get through Senate confirmation because of offensive remarks he made, including about Islam.The abrupt changes sent reverberations through the Pentagon as nervous civilian and military personnel waited for the next shoe to drop.