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President Trump's newly confirmed Secretary of Defense Mark T. Esper spoke about his goals for the Department of Defense at his swearing-in ceremony on July 25.

On this episode, The Washington Post's Libby Casey, Rhonda Colvin and James Hohmann break down just how much President Trump wants to remind you that he's Commander-in-Chief – from deploying the National Guard and Marines to Los Angeles, to Saturday's military parade in D.C.Plus, Democrats accuse Trump of intentionally provoking protests in an attempt to justify escalating use of military force.And later, video journalist Anna Liss-Roy joins the show to discuss what it's like along Saturday's parade route near the White House, where tanks will drive down Constitution Avenue.

A journey through history reveals the distressing truth that the US Army has not always been a champion for diversity. Recently, Secretary of Defense Dr. Mark Esper announced new initiatives aimed at improving diversity and inclusion across the force. He challenged all Department of Defense personnel to engage in conversations about difficult topics such as race and inequality at all organizational levels. Open dialogue is a necessary first step to shifting the culture, and Edwards encourages continuing the conversation using a framework with which they should all be familiar -- the Army Values. One of the first concepts introduced to both Soldiers and civilians is that of the Army Values: Loyalty, Duty, Respect, Selfless Service, Honor, Integrity, and Personal Courage.

Mark T. Esper was sworn in as defense secretary on July 23, ending a months-long vacancy after Jim Mattis resigned from the position in 2018.

Stung by a US delegation to the East Asia Summit of lower rank than previous years, ASEAN leaders retaliated by presenting National Security Advisor Robert O'Brien with a partial boycott of the adjacent US-ASEAN Summit. The Trump administration brushed off the incident with a State Department fact sheet that began, \"US engagement with the ten member states of ASEAN has never been stronger.\"