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James Mattis visits troops stationed at US-Mexico border
Defense Secretary James Mattis on Wednesday defended the deployment of thousands of US troops to the border with Mexico, saying the mission was “absolutely legal” and provides good training for...
US calls for cease-fire in push to end Yemen civil war
The United States is calling for a cease-fire in the catastrophic Yemen civil war that has killed more than 10,000 civilians and caused the worst humanitarian crisis on the planet....
Mattis to send troops to Mexico border over migrant caravan
Defense Secretary James Mattis plans to sign an order sending at least 800 troops to the southern border in response to the caravan of thousands of migrants headed for the...
Trump assures Mattis he is '100 percent' safe in his job
Defense Secretary Jim Mattis said Tuesday that President Trump has assured him he is "100 percent" safe in his job. Speaking to reporters on a 20-hour flight from Washington to...
Trump suggests Mattis may be next to resign
WASHINGTON – President Trump suggested Defense Secretary James Mattis may be among the next high-level Cabinet officials to step down, calling the general a “good guy” but “sort of a...
Envelopes sent to Mattis, Navy chief test positive for ricin
Two envelopes addressed to Secretary of Defense James Mattis and Chief of Naval Operations Adm. John Richardson have initially tested positive for the deadly poison ricin at the Pentagon’s mail...
Why Trump's likely to replace Mattis . . . and other commentary
Foreign desk: Trump Makes His Case on US Sovereignty President Trump’s foreign policy is rightly often portrayed as “a mass of contradictions,” notes Bloomberg’s Eli Lake. But that misses a...
Trump fears James Mattis is secretly a Democrat as he mulls his fate
President Trump’s Pentagon chief is in the doghouse. Trump is thinking about giving Defense Secretary James “Mad Dog” Mattis the boot after the November midterm elections, according to a published...
Mattis travels to Afghanistan to foster peace talks as security worsens
KABUL - U.S. Defense Secretary Jim Mattis met Afghan President Ashraf Ghani during an unannounced visit to Kabul on Friday to discuss prospects for peace talks with the Taliban and...
James Mattis makes surprise visit to war-weary Kabul
KABUL, Afghanistan — U.S. Defense Secretary James Mattis has arrived in the Afghan capital Kabul on a surprise visit to the war-weary country. The U.S. command in Afghanistan confirmed Friday's...
White House pledges to 'respond swiftly' if Assad uses chemical weapons again
The White House on Tuesday warned Syrian President Bashar al-Assad that if he uses chemical weapons against his people again, the US and its allies “will respond swiftly and appropriately.”...
Trump wanted to 'f--king kill' Assad after chemical weapon attack: Woodward
A bellicose President Trump wanted to kill Syrian dictator Bashar al-Assad after he launched a chemical weapons attack on civilians in April 2017, according to the new White House tell-all...
US Navy sending hospital ship to treat Venezuelan refugees
BOGOTA, Colombia — Defense Secretary Jim Mattis said Friday he would dispatch a U.S. Navy hospital ship to the Colombian coast to help treat Venezuelan refugees that have overwhelmed the...
Mattis unaware of any steps North Korea has taken to denuclearize
Defense Secretary James Mattis said he was unaware of any steps North Korea has taken after the summit between President Donald Trump and Kim Jong Un to dismantle its nuclear...
Mattis: It'll be a 'bumpy road' to summit with North Korea
Defense Secretary James Mattis warned it will be a "bumpy road" on the way to a summit between President Trump and North Korean leader Kim Jong Un later this month...
New Niger video shows US forces' desperate escape
WASHINGTON — Dramatic new drone video of the Niger ambush that killed four American soldiers shows US forces desperately trying to escape and fighting for their lives after friendly Nigerien...
'Institutional failures' blamed for death of soldiers in Niger ambush
A series of individual and institutional blunders – including a lack of training and situational awareness – led to last year’s deadly ambush in Niger, where four US soldiers were...
Coalition strikes in Syria rock chemical weapons facility, research lab
American, British and French launched strikes against three locations tied to Syria’s chemical weapons stockpile just before dawn Saturday, the Pentagon said. Defense Secretary James Mattis and Joint Chiefs Chairman...
Haley, Mattis divided on evidence of Syria gas attack
Defense Secretary Jim Mattis on Thursday said the US is still looking for "actual evidence" of a chemical weapons attack in Syria, but United Nations Ambassador Nikki Haley said the...
Officials suggest Mattis might visit China
BEIJING - China's Defense Ministry said on Thursday it was coordinating with the United States on a possible visit to China by U.S. Defense Secretary Jim Mattis, which would be...