A Sacred Oath: Memoirs of a Secretary of Defense During Extraordinary Times – An Instant New York Times Bestseller: A Pentagon Insider's Tumultuous Years Under President Trump

by Mark T. Esper

Leaks were a chronic problem in the administration. Much of the information being disclosed to the media at the time seemed to be coming from the White House and was focused on internal policy disputes—Afghanistan, Syria, Turkey, and Venezuela, for example.