U.S. Defense Secretary Jim Mattis said Thursday the United States and Turkey are having an open dialogue about their growing differences over the fight in Syria, and are “finding common ground.” Speaking at the close of a NATO defense ministers meeting, Mattis presented a more calm and understated view of the escalating rhetoric over America’s […]
U.S. to send 1st aircraft carrier to postwar Vietnam
A U.S. Navy aircraft carrier is expected to make a port visit to Vietnam in March, U.S. Defense Secretary Jim Mattis said Thursday. It would be the first such visit in the postwar era. The planned visit to Danang is likely to irritate China, which is critical of U.S. moves to add to its military […]
Mattis seeks to shift US-Vietnam relations
A half-century after the Tet Offensive punctured American hopes of victory in Vietnam, Defense Secretary Jim Mattis is visiting the former enemy in search of a different kind of win: incremental progress as partners in a part of the world the Pentagon has identified as vital for the United States to compete with China and […]
Mattis is the 1st Pentagon chief to visit HERE since 2002…
U.S. Defense Secretary Jim Mattis visited the American Navy base at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, to offer holiday greetings to troops Thursday. It was the first trip there by a Pentagon chief in almost 16 years. Mattis was meeting with troops, not touring the detention facilities or discussing detainee policy options. His stay comes amid uncertainty […]
Here’s what the military thinks about Trump (eye-opening!)
by Melanie T. Collette Critics of President Donald Trump have claimed he has no respect for the military and their families — but what do the men and women actually serving in the front lines think? They’re big fans, according to the latest scientific Military Times Poll which suggests that the President enjoys a far […]
Jim Mattis and Rex Tillerson to testify on new war authority
President Donald Trump’s national security brain trust faces Congress on the need for a new war authorization as the deadly ambush in Niger is igniting a push among many lawmakers to update the legal parameters for combat operations overseas. Defense Secretary Jim Mattis and Secretary of State Rex Tillerson are scheduled to testify before the […]
Jim Mattis talks N.Korea diplomacy
On his first visit to the tense but eerily quiet frontier between North and South Korea as U.S. secretary of defense, Jim Mattis conveyed the message he hopes will win the day: Diplomacy is the answer to ending the nuclear crisis with the North, not war. He made the point over and over – at […]
Questions hang in the air as Mattis visits S. Korea
U.S. Defense Secretary Jim Mattis is visiting the Korean Peninsula at a momentous juncture in the faltering effort to persuade Pyongyang to halt and dismantle its nuclear weapons program. Ominous questions hang in the air. Is diplomacy failing? Is war approaching? Mattis’ second trip as Pentagon boss to Seoul will take place Friday, following his […]
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