FILE – In this May 19, 2020, file photo Defense Secretary Mark Esper listens during a Cabinet Meeting with President Donald Trump in the East Room of the White House in Washington. Esper and Army Secretary Ryan 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/Evan Vucci, FIle)