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6 Jan 2017, 11:01 am by Quinta Jurecic
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]
6 Feb 2018, 12:30 pm by Sarah Grant
The personnel changes come one week after President Trump issued an executive order reversing the Obama administration’s efforts to close the Guantanamo Bay military detention facility and ordering Defense Secretary James Mattis to recommend new policies regarding the disposition of individuals captured in connection with an armed conflict. [read post]
27 Dec 2016, 5:30 am by Susan Hennessey, Quinta Jurecic
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]
6 Mar 2020, 1:14 pm by George Ticoras, Esq.
Trainor previously served in the president’s administration as a Special Assistant to the Secretary of Defense, James Mattis, in the Department of Defense, Office of General Counsel. [read post]
15 Oct 2019, 3:19 am
  For earlier thoughts on that see here: In Defense of America First: Brief Reflections on the Resignation of James Mattis as U.S. [read post]
27 Mar 2018, 2:05 pm by Robert Chesney, Steve Vladeck
 Judge James Pohl has received dueling declarations from Secretary James Mattis and former Convening Authority Harvey Rishikoff and legal adviser Gary Brown regarding the firing of the latter two, and a hard question looms regarding whether an evidentiary hearing will follow. [read post]
20 May 2020, 6:16 am by George Ticoras, Esq.
Trainor previously served in the president’s administration as a Special Assistant to the Secretary of Defense, James Mattis, in the Department of Defense, Office of General Counsel. [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]
11 Mar 2019, 11:29 am by Peter Margulies
After President Trump’s inauguration and an initial tweet by the president that called for a return to the ban, then-Secretary of Defense James Mattis coordinated a review of Carter’s changes. [read post]
23 Jan 2018, 12:50 pm by William Ford
On Tuesday, Defense Secretary James Mattis pushed for deeper security ties with Indonesia and Vietnam as part of a larger drive to strengthen Southeast Asian countries against Chinese intimidation in the South China Sea, the Wall Street Journal reports. [read post]
10 Feb 2017, 5:28 am by Chris Mirasola
Trump administration formulates policy in the East, South China Seas President Trump speaks on phone with foreign leader (Photo: NDTV) Secretary of Defense James Mattis continued making waves throughout the Asia-Pacific as he wrapped up a visit to Japan and South Korea. [read post]
13 Jan 2017, 1:33 pm by Nora Ellingsen
James Mattis sailed through his confirmation hearings. [read post]
2 Mar 2018, 4:37 pm by Robert Chesney, Steve Vladeck
A host of military commission developments, including inaction on the Darbi plea-based transfer, clarification on the appealability of Judge Vance Spath’s remarkable abatement ruling, and a bold move by Judge James Pohl to compel Secretary Jim Mattis to justify the firing of Convening Authority Harvey Rishikof and his legal adviser Gary Brown (in the context of an unlawful command influence motion). [read post]
24 Jan 2018, 1:02 pm by William Ford
Senior U.S. officials such as Defense Secretary James Mattis worry that the Turkish offensive will wreak havoc in one of the few stable areas left in Syria, the north, and distract from ongoing operations aimed at destroying ISIS. [read post]
12 Jan 2017, 1:30 pm by Helen Klein Murillo
Secretary of Defense nominee General James Mattis and CIA Director nominee Representative Mike Pompeo both began their hearings this morning. [read post]
4 Dec 2017, 8:00 pm by Sabrina I. Pacifici
Among the prominent Trump allies included in the database update: Secretary of State Rex Tillerson, Attorney General Jeff Sessions, Treasury Secretary Steve Mnuchin, Defense Secretary James Mattis, Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross, Education Secretary Betsy DeVos, Transportation Secretary Eliane Chao and White House Deputy Press Secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders. [read post]
29 Aug 2018, 12:25 pm by Sarah Tate Chambers
Defense Secretary James Mattis said that the State Department is communicating with  Russia about how to avoid the use of chemical weapons in Syria, reported Reuters. [read post]
2 Aug 2017, 12:01 pm by Russell Spivak
Dunford’s letter suggests that although Trump is the commander-in-chief and in charge of the executive branch and the armed forces, a mere official statement is not an order, military or executive, as would be required to compel Defense Secretary James Mattis to overhaul policy. [read post]