Washington Examiner

Jim Mattis: If Trump wanted, he could send US combat troops after Boko Haram

President Trump has full legal authority under a 2001 war authorization to send U.S. ground troops after the Boko Haram extremists in Africa if he decided it was necessary, Defense Secretary Jim ...
Washington Examiner

Jim Mattis and Rex Tillerson say new war authorization should have no time, geographic limits

Defense Secretary Jim Mattis and Secretary of State Rex Tillerson told the Senate on Monday that the Trump administration is open to Congress passing a new war authorization, but wants no time or ...
American Enterprise Institute

Jim Mattis May Be a Military Hero, but His Diplomatic Judgment Is like Jimmy Carter’s

Both Democrats and Republicans breathed a sigh of relief when President Trump selected Jim Mattis to be his secretary of defense. Mattis was everything Trump was not— a military hero, a man who led by ...
Washington Examiner

Has Trump outgrown Defense Secretary Jim Mattis?

The services of Defense Secretary Jim Mattis may soon no longer be needed, not because of any misstep, but because President Trump believes he’s outgrown him. Trump has increasingly shown disdain for ...
FedScoop

Gen. Mattis says the U.S. is the most vulnerable it’s ever been to influence operations

Gen. Jim Mattis, the former secretary of defense during the start of the Trump administration, made a special appearance Wednesday at DefenseTalks. And while he touched on a number of things, from ...
PBS

Jim Mattis

U.S. Defense Secretary Jim Mattis on Sunday visited Djibouti to bolster ties with the tiny African country that is home to an important base for U.S. counterterrorism forces. Defense Secretary Jim ...