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12 Mar 2017, 7:00 am
Secretary of Defense James Mattis, a moderate in the ranks of the Trump administration, has struck a milder tone on the nuclear deal but has also expressed concerns about Tehran’s support of terrorism and has noted that it “does no good to ignore” or dismiss Iran’s aggressive behavior. [read post]
10 Mar 2017, 6:24 am
Brownstein Hyatt Farber Schreck, a law and lobby firm, sent letters to senior administration officials, including Secretary of State Rex Tillerson and Secretary of Defense James Mattis, requesting the officials meet with Iraq’s new ambassador, Fareed Yasseen, and Naufel Alhassan, the deputy chief of staff to Iraq’s prime minister. [read post]
7 Mar 2017, 6:00 am
Secretary of Defense James Mattis, who has previously advocated a tougher line on Iran, seems to be more focused on reassuring partners, the fight against AQAP and the Islamic State, and the tensions between U.S.- and Turkish-backed forces in Syria. [read post]
6 Mar 2017, 8:12 am
Baghdad’s likely exclusion is a recognition of Iraq’s key role in fighting the Islamic State and reflects the input of Secretary of State Rex Tillerson and Secretary of Defense Jim Mattis, two key Trump advisors who counseled on Iraq’s behalf. [read post]
4 Mar 2017, 4:34 am
 </p> <p> </p> <p dir="ltr">John Bellinger <a data-cke-saved-href="https://lawfareblog.com/defense-secretary-mattis-should-say-no-thank-you-increased-defense-spending-financed-cuts-diploma [read post]
3 Mar 2017, 12:21 pm
Politico reports that the White House is pushing back against Defense Secretary James Mattis’s pick to fill the role of undersecretary of defense for policy, Anne Patterson. [read post]
28 Feb 2017, 12:16 pm
The generals referenced Secretary of Defense James Mattis’s comment during his confirmation hearings that, “If you don’t fully fund the State Department, then I need to buy more ammunition. [read post]
28 Feb 2017, 8:00 am
” How long that long-term commitment might be is unclear but a NATO official told CNN last week that the current cooperation “has no fixed end date” and Secretary of Defense James Mattis said on his recent trip to Baghdad that “I imagine we'll be in this fight for a while and we'll stand by each other. [read post]
27 Feb 2017, 10:00 am
James Mattis as Secretary of Defense (which, as readers know, required a waiver of the seven-year waiting period Congress had mandated before former soldiers could hold that office), there’s a somewhat discomfiting vibe of militarization among what has, historically, been an overwhelmingly civilian cohort. [read post]
27 Feb 2017, 9:27 am
The Times profiles the challenges facing Secretary of Defense Jim Mattis, who has assumed the role of a reassuring figure to rattled allies in Europe and Asia. [read post]
24 Feb 2017, 10:34 am
Pentagon spokesman Captain Jeff Davis said that the Pentagon was looking at the issue, pointing to Defense Secretary Mattis’s recent memo asking for an initial plan to better support information management and cyber operations. [read post]
22 Feb 2017, 10:44 am
The New York Times examines how Trump’s appointment of McMaster as national security adviser creates a powerful troika of senior officers who served in Iraq in Cabinet-level positions within the Trump administration, with the others being Defense Secretary James Mattis and Secretary of Homeland Security John Kelly. [read post]
22 Feb 2017, 10:11 am
Vice President Mike Pence, Secretary of Defense James Mattis and Secretary of Homeland Security John Kelly made appearances, as did high-ranking former US officials. [read post]
21 Feb 2017, 10:41 am
McMaster was the favored choice of congressional Republicans like Senator Tom Cotton (R-AK) and Senator John McCain (R-AZ), as well as Defense Secretary James Mattis. [read post]
21 Feb 2017, 8:02 am
The size of the deployment has not been discussed publicly, but the proposal follows comments from Secretary of Defense James Mattis that the U.S. [read post]
21 Feb 2017, 5:58 am
Having accepted the position, McMaster will now join the ranks of numerous generals serving at high-level positions in the Trump administration, including Defense Secretary James Mattis and Secretary of Homeland Security John Kelly. [read post]
17 Feb 2017, 10:58 am
The Post tells us that key members of Trump’s national security team, including Vice President Mike Pence, Defense Secretary James Mattis, and Homeland Security Secretary John Kelly, are leading the U.S. delegation to the Munich Security Conference beginning today. [read post]
16 Feb 2017, 12:21 pm
Defense Secretary James Mattis said that the United States is “not in a position right now,” to forge military ties with Russia, according to ABC News. [read post]
15 Feb 2017, 9:30 am
The Post writes that Defense Secretary James Mattis, in meeting with 27 other defense ministers in Brussels for a NATO summit, told NATO allies that they must increase defense spending by year-end, or the Trump administration will “moderate its commitment” to them. [read post]
14 Feb 2017, 10:23 am
On that note, Senators Claire McCaskill (Mo.) and Tom Carper (Del.) released a letter on Monday to Defense Secretary James Mattis asking for details on the phone and raising the issue of the proper archiving of Trump’s tweets. [read post]
