Richland’s retired four-star general and former secretary of defense has broken his recent silence on President Trump. On Thursday Gen. Jim Mattis, Trump’s defense secretary from 2017 to the start of ...

At a Cincinnati post-election victory rally Thursday, president-elect Donald Trump announced retired Gen. James “Mad Dog” Mattis as his choice for Defense Secretary. Mattis is Trump’s latest pick, ...

In the second part of his interview with former Defense Secretary Jim Mattis, NPR's Steve Inskeep talks to the retired general about leadership.... A Leader's Job Is To Set The Vision, Retired Gen.

In accepting the first Thomas S. Foley Award for Distinguished Public Service, former Secretary of Defense and retired Gen. James Mattis on Tuesday called on those in the audience to reject political ...

On CNN on Thursday night, host Don Lemon read aloud and in its entirety the resignation letter tendered earlier that day by Gen. James Mattis. That reading generated some buzz for Lemon, but prior to ...

The US Senate has confirmed that retired General James Mattis will serve as Trump's Defense secretary. Mattis, 66, is a Marine Corps general who retired in 2013 after serving as the commander of the U ...

"During Jim’s tenure, tremendous progress has been made," Trump said. President Donald Trump announced via Twitter on Thursday that Defense Secretary James Mattis will retire at the end of February.

A debate over the military’s budget is emerging between defense hawks on Capitol Hill and fiscal hawks in the Trump administration. The fiscal hawks, chief among them Office of Management and Budget ...