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7 May 2023, 6:30 am
Murdoch or George Shultz, the former secretary of state who helped end the Cold War, or James Mattis, the retired four-star Marine Corps general and former defense secretary, both of whom were Theranos board members and investors. [read post]
6 May 2022, 5:01 am by John Conger, Erin Sikorsky
In late 2018 and early 2019, climate change-related flooding devastated three critical United States military bases: Marine Corps Base Camp Lejeune on the North Carolina coast, Tyndall Air Force Base on the Gulf Coast and Offutt Air Force Base in Nebraska, home to U.S. [read post]
2 Mar 2022, 10:39 am by Race to the Bottom
Past board members included former Secretary of State, Henry Kissinger; former Secretary of Defense, James Mattis; former Wells Fargo CEO, Richard Kovacevich; and former director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, William Foege. [read post]
23 Sep 2021, 7:38 am by Tim De Chant
(credit: Fortune Global Forum) James Mattis, the retired general and former defense secretary, took the stand yesterday in the criminal trial of Elizabeth Holmes, detailing how his faith in the company plummeted when a Wall Street Journal expose revealed that Theranos had been performing tests on third-party equipment. [read post]
1 Aug 2021, 11:30 pm
He was at a rally somewhere in the middle of the country and he had just decided to nominate James Mattis as his secretary of defense, mostly because he liked the nickname "Mad-Dog. [read post]
1 Jul 2021, 7:48 am by Rachel E. VanLandingham
James Mattis’s 2020 criticism of the then-president. [read post]
16 Mar 2021, 5:01 am by Sean Quirk
” Defense Secretary Austin reaffirmed this position on Jan. 23. [read post]
18 Jan 2021, 7:08 am by Susan Hennessey, Rohini Kurup
In 2017, Congress did so again for Trump’s first secretary of defense, James Mattis, who had retired from active duty in 2013. [read post]
22 Dec 2020, 6:01 am by Dan Maurer
The standard arguments against a retired military officer—a James Mattis, a George Marshall or a Lloyd Austin—can be divided into several categories. [read post]
There are others—most notably former Defense Secretary James Mattis—who were able to hold down the fort for a time, making serious compromises along the way, before it became impossible to put off the inevitable clash with the president. [read post]
But in December 2018, following a call with Erdogan, Trump suddenly reversed course and ordered the complete withdrawal of U.S. troops—a move so unexpected that it ultimately led Secretary of Defense James Mattis and other senior officials to resign in protest. [read post]
26 Jul 2020, 7:01 am by Alexandra Stark
Bob Menendez, ranking minority member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, summarized Congress’s concerns about U.S. arms transfers to Saudi Arabia and the UAE in a letter to Secretary of State Mike Pompeo and Secretary of Defense James Mattis in June 2018: “I am not confident that these weapons sales will be utilized strategically as effective leverage to push back on Iran’s actions in Yemen, assist our partners in their own self-d [read post]
21 Jun 2020, 7:01 am by Bruce Hoffman, Jacob Ware
Editor’s Note: The terrorism threat is constantly evolving in response to social, political and technological change as well as adapting in response to counterterrorism pressure. [read post]
10 Jun 2020, 5:00 am by Rep. Katie Porter, Rep. Jackie Speier
James Mattis as a board member for the Theranos medical technology company—a company that ultimately turned out to be built on a scam. [read post]