Defense Secretary Mark Esper, who has promised major reforms and bold investments, recently said he will soon order U.S. troops be moved from locations of "low-intensity conflict" to areas of "great power competition" in line with the National Defense Strategy, which calls for pivoting away from the Middle East and toward China and Russia. Esper, who spoke Friday at the Center for Foreign Relations in New York, said he wants more focus on the Indo-Pacific and is specifically reviewing U.S...
