FILE – In this March 19, 2020, file photo Secretary of the Army Ryan McCarthy speaks at a news conference at U.S. Army Medical Research and Development Command at Fort Detrick in Frederick, Md. Defense Secretary Mark Esper and McCarthy, both former Army officers, put out word that they are “open to a bipartisan discussion” of renaming Army bases like North Carolina’s Fort Bragg that honor Confederate officers associated by some with the racism of that tumultuous time. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik, File)