Defense Secretary James Mattis said Wednesday he believed President Trump’s comment that American student Otto Warmbier, who died this week after being released from 18 months in detention in North Korea, should have been brought home much sooner, represented the American people’s view.
WASHINGTON – Defense Secretary James Mattis said Tuesday that the U.S.’s military policy in Syria has not changed and defeating the Islamic State in Iraq an Syria remains the priority.
WASHINGTON – There are 14 Obama holdovers still at the Pentagon, two months into the Trump administration.
Defense Secretary James Mattis on Wednesday issued an ultimatum to NATO while meeting with member nations for the first time in Brussels: Pay more or the U.S. will “moderate its commitment” to the organization.
A Pentagon spokesman said Friday ahead of Defense Secretary Jim Mattis’s visit later this month with NATO defense ministers that members of the alliance should “pay their fair share.”
China has unveiled a new advanced missile government officials say can hit regional rivals India, Japan, and Taiwan, just days after Defense Secretary James Mattis left the region.
