Search for: "JAMES MATTIS, Secretary"
Results 321 - 340
of 369
Sorted by Relevance
|
Sort by Date
20 Oct 2019, 7:00 am
As much as nation-building features in the news, the straightforward answer from senior U.S. officials has been the terrorist threat, as Secretary of Defense James Mattis stated in 2017 Senate hearings: “We must always remember, we are in Afghanistan to make America safer and ensure South Asia cannot be used to plot transnational attacks against the U.S. homeland or our partners and allies. [read post]
17 Jan 2019, 12:22 pm
This survey was in the field after the contentious resignation of Secretary of Defense James Mattis over sharp disagreements with the president’s abrupt decision to withdraw from Syria and while the president made a surprise visit to the troops in Iraq. [read post]
2 Oct 2015, 6:48 am
Taking a similar tact, James Stavridis’s article in Foreign Policy maps out of a four-point plan for countering China’s “Great Wall of Sand” and insists that the Xi-Obama summit changes nothing. [read post]
7 Mar 2024, 1:50 pm
Or how about firing James Comey, strong-arming Ukraine, and undermining NATO? [read post]
19 Jan 2017, 8:02 am
James Mattis, the prospective secretary of defense, told members of Congress that “when America gives her word, we have to live up to it and work with our allies. [read post]
6 Dec 2016, 12:45 pm
Debate continues over whether Congress should issue a waiver to allow General James Mattis to serve as Donald Trump’s Secretary of Defense even though he has not been out of uniform for seven years as per the statutory requirement, the Hill writes. [read post]
22 Sep 2018, 8:20 am
James Pohl as the presiding military judge, began discovery motions, and interviewed witness Lieutenant Doug Newman. [read post]
19 Jan 2017, 9:01 pm
James Mattis, Secretary of Defense, will tolerate it long.) [read post]
1 Aug 2018, 8:34 am
President Donald Trump signed an executive order in January that revoked President Barack Obama’s directive to close Guantanamo Bay and required Defense Secretary James Mattis to develop criteria for transferring captured suspects there. [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]
15 Feb 2018, 1:30 pm
Thurschwell also asked that the commission obtain a declaration from Defense Secretary James Mattis regarding whether al-Darbi’s transfer is still going forward on schedule, in light of the recent executive order to keep the Guantanamo military detention facility open. [read post]
21 Sep 2018, 9:10 am
Trump selected retired Marine Corps General James Mattis as defense secretary. [read post]
30 Jan 2018, 7:30 am
” But Tillerson and Secretary of Defense James Mattis almost immediately began undercutting the new policy in public statements. [read post]
22 Jan 2017, 7:00 am
But Trump and his choice for secretary of state, Rex Tillerson’s focus on cutting deals and willingness to depart from some of the practices of the past could result in a more pragmatic approach to Tehran. [read post]
18 Oct 2017, 8:00 am
Secretary of State Rex Tillerson told CNN that he agreed with Secretary of Defense James Mattis’ assessment that the agreement is in the national security interest of the United States and said that he and the president oppose Congress reinstating sanctions. [read post]
25 Sep 2018, 9:42 am
Last Friday, Secretary of State Mike Pompeo told CNN, “We will not let Iran get away with using a proxy force to attack an American interest; Iran will be held accountable for those incidents. [read post]
1 Jul 2021, 7:48 am
James Mattis’s 2020 criticism of the then-president. [read post]
9 Aug 2017, 6:48 pm
Secretary of Defense James Mattis – who, unlike Trump, tends to know what he’s talking about – has said that a conflict with North Korea “would lead to the end of its regime and destruction of its people” and that it “would be probably the worst kind of fighting in most people’s lifetimes. [read post]
8 Jan 2017, 9:01 pm
On that score, it is at least noteworthy that James Mattis, his incoming choice for Secretary of Defense, is opposed to the torture of the Bush years.Domestically, even though Trump may share Bush’s antipathy for federal prosecutions, he will quickly be warned against transferring terrorism suspects to Guantanamo after their arrest in the United States, since the legal consequence would likely be to create a more robust constitutional regime for all Guantanamo… [read post]
26 Jul 2020, 7:01 am
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]
