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News Espresso: Esper fires Navy secretary over SEAL controversy, secret documents on China mass detention camps, Taylor Swift beat's Michael Jackson's AMA record

November 25, 2019

Pentagon chief Mark Esper has fired Navy Secretary Richard Spencer over his handling of the case of a SEAL accused of war crimes who President Trump has defended. Trump tweeted his satisfaction with Spencer's firing and says he'll nominate the U.S. ambassador to Norway to replace him. Spencer says he and Trump appear no longer to share the same understanding of "the key principle of good order and discipline." Newly revealed classified documents show that camps the Chinese government runs in the country's far west are not for voluntary job training, as Beijing says, but for forced ideological and behavioral re-education. The documents lay out the government's deliberate strategy to lock up predominantly Muslim minorities to forcibly assimilate them and rewire their thinking. Taylor Swift has surpassed Michael Jackson's record at the American Music Awards. Swift took home six honors, including artist of the year, at Sunday's show....beating Jackson's record of 24 AMAs.