Within hours of his inauguration, Mr. Trump began to pull security details from nearly a half-dozen people who had served in his first term, most of them under threat for enforcing his Iran policy.

Former Defense Secretary Mark Esper recently lost his government security detail, multiple outlets reported Wednesday, making him the latest former government employee to lose security under President Donald Trump.

(Reuters) - U.S. President Donald Trump has revoked federal security protection for former U.S. Defense Secretary Mark Esper, the New York Times reported on Wednesday, citing two people with knowledge of the matter.