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4 Feb 2018, 4:32 pm by Sabrina I. Pacifici
On January 27, 2017, President Donald Trump directed Secretary of Defense James Mattis to initiate a new Nuclear Posture Review (NPR). [read post]
2 Feb 2018, 4:00 am by Rao Komar
Secretary of Defense James Mattis noted in a press briefing a few days after Tillerson’s speech that the United States was actually drawing down its troop presence in Syria. [read post]
1 Feb 2018, 11:50 am by William Ford
Defense Secretary James Mattis informed House and Senate Republicans on Thursday that the Trump administration plans to request $716 billion in defense spending for the coming fiscal year, the Hill reports. [read post]
31 Jan 2018, 1:03 pm by William Ford
The president’s executive order gives Defense Secretary James Mattis—in conjunction with the attorney general, the director of national intelligence, the secretaries of homeland security and state, and others—90 days to draft a policy “governing transfer of individuals” to the prison. [read post]
30 Jan 2018, 7:30 am by J. Dana Stuster
” But Tillerson and Secretary of Defense James Mattis almost immediately began undercutting the new policy in public statements. [read post]
26 Jan 2018, 8:56 am by Matthew Kahn
Defense Secretary James Mattis says a U.S. aircraft carrier will likely make a port call in Danang, Vietnam in March as maritime tensions with China rise, reports the Washington Post. [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]
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]
18 Jan 2018, 4:10 am by Howard Friedman
The Freedom From Religion Foundation and American Atheists announced this week that they have sent a joint letter (full text) to Secretary of Defense James Mattis complaining about an increased incidence of military members and their families being forced to participate in religious observances at military training facilities. [read post]
16 Jan 2018, 8:03 am by J. Dana Stuster
Secretary of Defense James Mattis pushed back on those criticisms in comments in December, telling reporters that he is “never okay with any civilian casualty” and not to “screw with me on this. [read post]
10 Jan 2018, 12:29 pm by Garrett Hinck
Secretary of State Rex Tillerson, Defense Secretary James Mattis and national security adviser H.R. [read post]
5 Jan 2018, 11:29 am by Jordan Brunner
Defense Secretary James Mattis confirmed Thursday that joint military exercises between the United States and South Korea will begin after the Winter Paralympic Games in March, according to the Hill. [read post]
4 Jan 2018, 6:40 am by Benjamin Wittes
And Defense Secretary James Mattis addresses the US role in the war in Yemen and civilian casualties. [read post]
30 Dec 2017, 8:39 am by Lyle Denniston
  That argument was rejected by one of the appeals courts, saying that the President had ordered the ban, and thus Defense Secretary James Mattis had no independent authority to alter the ban. [read post]
23 Dec 2017, 7:30 am by Ilya Somin
Secretary of Defense James Mattis - probably the administration's most respected cabinet member - has warned that a war with North Korea would be a "catastrophic conflict. [read post]
21 Dec 2017, 9:41 am by Jordan Brunner
Defense Secretary James Mattis will become the first Pentagon chief to visit Guantanamo since 2002, as he travels there to offer holiday greetings to troops today, ABC News tells us. [read post]
14 Dec 2017, 11:53 am by Matthew Kahn, Vanessa Sauter
While Defense Secretary James Mattis will keep troops in Syria in an effort to keep Islamic State insurgents from regaining ground in the country, U.S. officials state that American troops might also be needed to deter Iran’s military presence in Syria and prevent Iran from transporting weapons to its allies. [read post]