United States 26th Secretary of Defense
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A Marine four-star general who commanded forces in three wars, then resigned as defense secretary after two years under Trump — over Syria troop withdrawals and a fracture too wide to patch.
James Norman Mattis was born September 8, 1950, commissioned through ROTC after Central Washington University, and built a Marine career marked by a reputation for intellectualism rare among peers. He commanded in the Gulf War, Afghanistan, and Iraq, eventually rising to lead Joint Forces Command and serve as NATO's Supreme Allied Commander Transformation from 2007 to 2010, then headed Central Command until retiring in 2013. Trump tapped him as secretary of defense in 2017; Mattis reaffirmed the U.S. commitment to South Korea during the North Korea crisis and opposed collaboration with China a…
Sourced, dated quotes from Jim Mattis
When you were the commander of the Central Command, how much time, worry did you have on Iran? Was that your primary concern? I don't have worry and stress.
I have the forces to squash the Iran military if I need to; but I've seen a lot of war and really don't want to kill young Iranian boys
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The first time you blow someone away is not an insignificant event. That said, there are some assholes in the world that just need to be shot.
There is only one ‘retirement plan’ for terrorists.
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