James Mattis

James Norman Mattis is an American military officer who served as the 26th United States secretary of defense from 2017 to 2019. A retired Marine Corps four-star general, he commanded forces in the Gulf War, the War in Afghanistan, and the Iraq War. Mattis was commissioned in the Marine Corps through the Naval Reserve Officers' Training Corps after graduating from Central Washington University.

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Jim Mattis

Former Defense Sec. Jim Mattis joins Firing Line eight months after resigning.
Uncommon Knowledge · S1, E11

Defending the Nation With Secretary of Defense James Mattis

In his first televised interview in almost a year, Secretary of Defense James N. Mattis sits down with Peter Robinson to discuss a wide range of issues facing the United States Armed Forces at home and across the globe. Earlier this year, Secretary Mattis published the National Defense Strategy, the first such document in a decade., Sec. Mattis talks global military issues with Peter Robinson and shares the new National Defense Strategy, first in a decade.

James Mattis

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