Tag: Jim Mattis
Trump touts July 4 military ‘salute;’ critics see politics
Under White House direction, the Pentagon was scrambling to arrange for an Air Force B-2 stealth bomber and other warplanes to conduct flyovers of the celebration on the National Mall. There will be Navy F-35 and F-18 fighter jets , the Navy Blue Angels aerial acrobatics team, Army and Coast Guard helicopters and Marine V-22 Ospreys.
Trump wants to restore waiver for service academy athletes
President Donald Trump said Monday he is looking into offering a waiver that would allow athletes attending the nation's military academies to play professional sports immediately upon graduation.
Outgoing defense secretary urges employees to “hold fast”
On his final day as secretary of defense, Jim Mattis on Monday urged all Pentagon employees, military and civilian, to "hold fast" in defense of the country.
In Iraq, Trump defends decision to withdraw from Syria
In a surprise trip to Iraq, President Donald Trump on Wednesday defended his decision to withdraw U.S. forces from Syria where they have been helping battle Islamic State militants.
US envoy to anti-IS coalition quits over Trump’s Syria move
Brett McGurk, the U.S. envoy to the global coalition fighting the Islamic State group, has resigned in protest over President Donald Trump's abrupt decision to withdraw U.S. troops from Syria, a U.S. official said, joining Defense Secretary Jim Mattis in an administration exodus of experienced national security figures.
Trump says Defense Secretary Mattis will retire in February
President Donald Trump has announced that Defense Secretary Jim Mattis will retire at the end of February.
US starts to withdraw troops from Trump border mission
The U.S. this week will begin withdrawing many of the active duty troops sent to the border with Mexico by President Donald Trump just before the midterm election in response to a caravan of Central American migrants, U.S. officials said Monday.
Sickness, fear, harassment in Mexico whittle away at caravan
Little by little, sickness, fear and police harassment are whittling down the migrant caravan making its way to the U.S. border, with many of the 4,000 to 5,000 migrants who resumed their journey Thursday complaining of exhaustion.
Mattis expected to send hundreds of troops to border
The Trump administration is planning to dispatch 800 more troops to the border at the direction of a president who has declared illegal immigration a "national emergency" and has been stoking fears about it ahead of the fast-approaching midterms just as he did before his own election.