Breaking News: President Trump announced that the acting defense secretary, Patrick Shanahan, was withdrawing as the nominee for the permanent Pentagon post.

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Mr. Trump named Mark Esper, the secretary of the Army and a former Raytheon executive, to take over as acting secretary of defense. He did not say whether Mr. Esper would be nominated for the permanent position. 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