# Esper Raises Concern Over Pentagon Leadership Loss

https://mins.news/en/video/46680

- Bloomberg Television, 2026-09-05 14:24 UTC
- Politics
- Original: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ErR4Hy5cKIU

> Former Defense Secretary Mark Esper says the Pentagon’s polygraph testing of about 50 Joint Staff members is unprecedented in scale as officials investigate leaks involving US munitions stocks. He is less worried about immediate combat readiness than about leadership turnover’s institutional effects and its potential impact on the military’s tradition of an apolitical officer corps.

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