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27 Aug 2019, 4:59 am
President Trump’s announcement last December that he would soon cut the U.S. troop presence in the country in half, unconditionally and abruptly, was one of the two issues that apparently sparked the resignation of Secretary of Defense Jim Mattis—and revealed the president’s apparent true intentions about a mission he never really supported in the first place. [read post]
31 Jan 2019, 3:04 pm
After all, it was just last month that Trump's sudden declaration of victory against the Islamic State and blindsiding announcement of troop withdrawals from Syria prompted Secretary of Defense Jim Mattis to leave his post. [read post]
25 Jan 2019, 5:00 am
In April 2018, then-Defense Secretary Jim Mattis estimated that in Nigeria, Niger and Mali alone, the U.S. had upwards of 1,000 military personnel. [read post]
22 Jan 2019, 8:46 am
The policy, announced on Twitter by President Trump and refined by the defense secretary at the time, Jim Mattis, generally prohibits people identifying with a gender different from their biological sex from military service. [read post]
17 Jan 2019, 6:00 am
I find much to applaud in Maj. [read post]
7 Jan 2019, 12:04 pm
The resignation of Jim Mattis and the arrival of another acting cabinet secretary Paying for the Border Wall by declaring a national emergency: We unpack the issues raised by the potential invocation of the National Emergencies Act and then 10 USC 2808, with an emphasis on the critical role that national security fact deference would play in the inevitable litigation challenging the propriety of invoking 2808. [read post]
5 Jan 2019, 1:14 am
Bloomberg.com reports that the contested plan, crafted by recently-departed Defense Secretary Jim Mattis, was ‘less restrictive’ than the all-out ban first proposed by Trump. [read post]
4 Jan 2019, 5:38 am
Jim Mattis, as a failure after once holding him out as a star of his administration. [read post]
3 Jan 2019, 12:37 pm
The president admitted he had “essentially” fired former Defense Secretary Jim Mattis, says the New York Times. [read post]
2 Jan 2019, 4:37 pm
Tamara signs off with Jim Mattis’ sign off. [read post]
2 Jan 2019, 7:39 am
Defense Secretary Jim Mattis determined that waiving the Jones Act requirements would be in the interest of national defense, and acting head of Homeland Security, Elaine Duke, granted a ten-day waiver eight days after Maria made landfall. [read post]
2 Jan 2019, 5:00 am
In short, the administration argues that the ban is the result of reasoned decision-making by outgoing Secretary of Defense Jim Mattis, senior military leaders and other experts rather than unconstitutional animus—and that it should therefore survive plaintiffs’ equal protection challenge. [read post]
30 Dec 2018, 5:02 am
Defense Secretary Jim Mattis said a great deal in his resignation letter... [read post]
22 Dec 2018, 5:14 pm
(Jim Mattis, Defense Secretary, Resigns in Rebuke of Trump’s Worldview). [read post]
22 Dec 2018, 6:17 am
On Thursday, Dec. 20, in a concise letter that outlined the differences between his worldview and the president’s, Defense Secretary Jim Mattis announced his resignation, effective Feb. 28, 2019. [read post]
21 Dec 2018, 9:00 am
Notable Events of the Week: “Defense Secretary Jim Mattis, whose experience and stability were widely seen as a balance to an unpredictable president, resigned Thursday in protest of President Trump’s decision to withdraw American forces from Syria and his rejection of international alliances. [read post]
21 Dec 2018, 6:36 am
The wheels felt like they were coming off the White House before Mattis quit. [read post]
20 Dec 2018, 3:11 pm
Mattis wrote. [read post]
20 Dec 2018, 2:53 pm
Secretary of Defense Jim Mattis has resigned effective Feb. 28, 2019. [read post]
20 Dec 2018, 12:42 pm
Trump’s Dec. 19 announcement by Twitter departed from the positions of Defense Secretary Jim Mattis and other national security advisers, who have cautioned against withdrawal, the New York Times reports. [read post]
