Mark Esper joined Squire Patton Boggs as the former US defense secretary plans to advise clients on national security and foreign policy.
Esper, who is not a lawyer, started as a part-time senior adviser this week. Despite his experience lobbying for defense manufacturer Raytheon Co., he said he won’t advocate for the law firm’s clients in Congress or executive branch agencies.
“There are two sides of the coin: one is public policy expertise and the other is legal expertise,” Esper said in an interview. “I come in with the public policy piece given my 30 years in high levels of ...
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