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James Norman Mattis (born September 8, 1950) is an American military veteran who served as the 26th United States secretary of defense from 2017 to 2019. A retired Marine Corps four-star general, he commanded forces in the Persian Gulf War, the War in Afghanistan, and the Iraq War.
“I had no choice but to leave,” General James Mattis says of his decision to resign as President Trump’s secretary of defense.
- Jeffrey Goldberg
Jun 27, 2024 · James Mattis (born September 8, 1950, Pullman, Washington, U.S.) is a U.S. Marine Corps general who served as head of Central Command (Centcom; 2010–13) and who was later secretary of defense (2017–18) in the cabinet of U.S. Pres. Donald Trump.
James N. Mattis served as the 26th Secretary of Defense. A native of Richland, Washington, Secretary Mattis enlisted in the U.S. Marine Corps Reserve at the age of 18. After graduating...
Jun 4, 2020 · Jim Mattis, who resigned as Trump's defense secretary nearly a year and a half ago, accuses the president of dividing the nation and warns against "militarizing our response" to...
Watch former Secretary of Defense General Jim Mattis as he shares lessons from his career while at the forefront of American national security, with Council President Ivo Daalder on Wednesday...
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Dec 21, 2018 · Defense Secretary James Mattis resigned Thursday on the heels of President Donald Trump’s plans to withdraw troops from Syria. He cited irreconcilable policy differences in a move that took...
