George Conway, Kellyanne Conway’s husband, warned President Donald Trump’s White House on Friday not to anger GOP Senators Trump could need in the next two years to protect him from impeachment.
Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) said on Thursday evening that Secretary of Defense Jim Mattis could have sent in his resignation letter because he did not want to build President Donald Trump’s border wall.
The Trump administration is “actively considering plans” for a significant drawdown of American troops in Afghanistan that could begin as soon as several weeks from now, according to a report.
During a press conference on Thursday, House Democratic Leader Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) said she is “shaken” by the news that Defense Secretary James Mattis is resigning and characterized Mattis as “a comfort to many of us as a voice of
“General Jim Mattis will be retiring, with distinction, at the end of February, after having served my Administration as Secretary of Defense for the past two years,” Trump announced. on Twitter.
A U.S. military withdrawal from Syria would fulfill a significant goal of Iran, Russia, and their ally Syrian dictator Bashar al-Assad, as well as benefit Turkey, which has repeatedly urged the United States to stop lending support to Syrian Kurdish militiamen fighting the Islamic State (ISIS/ISIL).
President Donald Trump signaled Wednesday he would withdraw troops from Syria, declaring the defeat of the Islamic State terrorists in that country.
Defense Secretary Jim Mattis signed a request from the Department of Homeland Security on Tuesday that will extend a deployment to the Southwest border through next year.
Defense Secretary Jim Mattis recently criticized Venezuela’s socialist President Nicolas Maduro as a “despot” who will ultimately “have to go” but indicated the U.S. would not use military force to make it happen.
Defense Secretary Jim Mattis said Monday that it was time for Pakistan to get onboard with peace talks to end the war in Afghanistan.
Iran test-fired a medium-range ballistic missile over the weekend capable of carrying a nuclear payload to parts of Europe, Israel, and anywhere else in the Middle East, a top U.S. Department of State (DOS) official stressed Monday, arguing the move violates a United Nations resolution.
The Pentagon will extend the troop deployment at the southwest border with Mexico through the end of January based on a request from DHS.
The Senate on Wednesday voted 63-37 to advance a bill to withdraw U.S. military support from a Saudi-led coalition fighting the war in Yemen.
An Iranian Revolutionary Guards commander chose Thanksgiving to warn the U.S. its bases in Afghanistan, the UAE and Qatar, and U.S. aircraft carriers in the Gulf are within range of Iran missile strikes.
President Donald Trump has given Defense Secretary Jim Mattis the authority to allow troops at the Southwest border to perform “military protective activities” he deems necessary to protect troops and border patrol agents, according to a White House memo viewed by Breitbart News.
The Pentagon said Tuesday that the U.S. military border deployment will cost approximately $72 million.
The Pentagon released the first full-scope, agency-wide financial statement audit in its history on Friday, finding that only five defense organizations out of 18 total received a clean opinion.
After China canceled a high-level meeting for Defense Secretary Jim Mattis in Beijing in October, prompting the Pentagon to cancel the trip altogether, it appeared that tensions between the two countries had taken a turn for the worse, and that economic tensions were bleeding into the military sphere.
Defense Secretary Jim Mattis and Department of Homeland Security Secretary Kirstjen Nielsen visited the southern Texan border on Wednesday to bolster troops deployed to support border agents trying to prevent caravans of migrants from illegally crossing.
News of Ricardel’s departure was first reported by the Wall Street Journal. She served under National Security Advisor John Bolton as his second in command but was ousted after clashing with the first lady on her trip to Africa, according to NBC News.
Veterans Affairs Secretary Bob Wilkie commemorated Veterans Day in a moving speech Sunday morning at Arlington National Cemetery.
Secretary of State Mike Pompeo and Defense Secretary Jim Mattis met with their Chinese counterparts Friday at the State Department.
Contents: Yemen war violence intensifies as 30-day ceasefire deadline approaches; The Jamal Khashoggi murder changes the direction of the Yemen war
Defense Secretary Jim Mattis on Friday officially signed off on sending more U.S. troops to the nation’s southwestern border ahead of a caravan of migrants headed north from Central America.
China, blindsided by the Trump administration’s trade offensive, has been working overtime to maintain its relationship with the Pentagon.
Defense Secretary Jim Mattis on Monday dismissed rampant media speculation of his leaving the administration, after President Trump was asked about the topic on a recent 60 Minutes interview.
The Secret Service confirmed Tuesday evening that it intercepted a package suspected of containing ricin addressed to President Donald Trump.
Defense Secretary Jim Mattis on Tuesday called it a “sad state of affairs” when most of America’s young males cannot qualify for military service due to obesity or drug use.
“You backed me and I back you, that’s the way it works right? That’s the way it’s supposed to work in life,” he said to the audience.
Defense Secretary Jim Mattis brushed off reports that he could be leaving soon as “rumor,” joking that he is thinking about buying a house in the D.C. area.
The Main Stream Media have given President Trump their best punch. Or, to be more precise, their best two punches. There have been plenty of other MSM sluggers, of course, and there’ll be plenty more, but for the moment, these are the best they’ve got.
Author Bob Woodward disputed denials from White House chief of staff Gen. John Kelly and Defense Secretary Gen. Jim Mattis about his book’s reporting surrounding their disparaging comments about President Donald Trump.
“Stop,” she wrote in a statement, criticizing the media’s “wild obsession” with the identity of the anonymous op-ed author.
“The book means nothing. It’s a work of fiction,” Trump said, citing Gen. Jim Mattis, Gen. John Kelly, and Rudy Giuliani’s statements that the book was inaccurate.
Defense Secretary Jim Mattis on Tuesday slammed Bob Woodward’s book about the Trump administration, which claimed he had said the president had the understanding of a “fifth or sixth grader.”
At a rare press conference earlier this week, Mattis discussed some of the historic changes he has overseen since taking office about 19 months ago.
President Donald Trump published a statement from the White House Wednesday asserting that he does not believe that there is a good reason “at this time to be spending large amounts of money on joint U.S.-South Korea war games,” as his relationship with dictator Kim Jong-un is “a very good and warm one.”
Secretary of Defense Jim Mattis announced on Tuesday the United States will resume military drills on the Korean Peninsula, ending a suspension of exercises that formally began after President Donald Trump met with North Korean dictator Kim Jong-un in June.
Philippines President Rodrigo Duterte dismissed the possibility of buying American-made F-16 fighter jets in remarks late Thursday, shortly after revealing three U.S. cabinet members had allegedly put the offer on the table.
Defense Secretary Jim Mattis expressed solidarity with President Trump’s stripping of former CIA Director John Brennan’s security clearance earlier this week.
