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9 Jan 2017, 9:22 am
Thursday, January 12th at 9:30am: The Senate Armed Services Committee will hold a confirmation hearing for General James Mattis, Donald Trump's appointee for Secretary of Defense. [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]
6 Jan 2017, 8:03 pm
James Mattis, United States Marine Corps (hereafter referred to as “General Mattis”), who retired from the military in 2013, to be Secretary of Defense requires both houses of Congress to consider whether and how to suspend—or remove—a provision contained in Title 10 U.S.C. [read post]
6 Jan 2017, 11:01 am
And tension is growing between the transition team and General James Mattis, Trump’s pick for Secretary of Defense, over Mattis’s rejection of many of the transition team’s suggestions for Pentagon staffing and his push to allow anti-Trump Republicans to serve at DOD. [read post]
3 Jan 2017, 9:28 am
The Times takes a look at efforts by General James Mattis, Trump’s pick for Secretary of Defense, to halt the use of torture at an Iraqi detention center run by Marines in 2003. [read post]
28 Dec 2016, 5:30 am
U.S. forces may take a more direct role in the conflict—Trump has suggested that tens of thousands of ground forces could be necessary and has expressed skepticism about the rebel forces the Unites States has supported—but its hard to imagine the U.S. military, especially under Secretary of Defense James Mattis, coordinating closely with the Russian and Iranian militaries. [read post]
27 Dec 2016, 5:30 am
President-Elect Trump Begins to Assemble His National Security Team Trump Adds to His National Security Team Trump Names General James Mattis as Secretary of Defense Nominee Trump Appoints DHS Secretary and Ambassador to China What Do We Want In A Secretary of Homeland Security? [read post]
23 Dec 2016, 7:00 am
Trump (@realDonaldTrump) May 7, 2013 Retired Marine four-star General James Mattis, the President-elect’s choice for Secretary of Defense, has also indicated opposition to allowing women to serve in combat, saying, “‘It would only be someone who never crossed the line of departure into close encounters fighting that would ever even promote such an idea as putting women into close combat. [read post]
14 Dec 2016, 12:01 pm
Central Command—who, at the time, was General James Mattis, now Trump’s appointment for Secretary of Defense. [read post]
10 Dec 2016, 6:42 am
Bobby Chesney flagged a GOP-introduced amendment to a continuing resolution that would smooth some procedural barriers to granting General James Mattis the waiver he needs to become Trump’s Secretary of Defense. [read post]
8 Dec 2016, 9:34 am
The amendment would cut through the procedural thicket to allow a relatively swift vote waiving the statutory ban on Mattis's serving as Secretary despite the fact that Mattis has yet to reach the requisite seven years of retirement from active duty. [read post]
7 Dec 2016, 12:26 pm
Meanwhile in Washington, co-architect of the CIA torture program James Mitchell defended his endorsement of coercive interrogation and advocated a renewed “civil debate” over the use of such practices, dismissing Secretary of Defense appointee General James Mattis’s previous criticism of torture as ineffective. [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]
3 Dec 2016, 7:00 am
General James Mattis for Secretary of Defense. [read post]
2 Dec 2016, 3:04 pm
Our friends and allies will be happy he is our new secretary of war; our enemies will soon wish he weren’t. [read post]
2 Dec 2016, 11:46 am
James Mattis. [read post]
2 Dec 2016, 11:37 am
President-elect Donald Trump has chosen retired Marine General James Mattis as his Secretary of Defense, the Washington Post reports. [read post]
2 Dec 2016, 8:25 am
Wrote General James 'Mad Dog' Mattis, in a letter from a few years back (which is getting shared this week, now that Trump has named Mattis for Secretary of Defense). [read post]
2 Dec 2016, 7:11 am
At last night’s stop in Cincinnati along his“Thank You Tour,” President-elect Donald Trump confirmed his intention to nominate General James Mattis to the Secretary of Defense post. [read post]
29 Nov 2016, 4:08 pm
(My real hope, I confess, is that he picks the retired Marine General James Mattis for Defense Secretary--this matters, because a career... [read post]
