The services of Defense Secretary Jim Mattis may soon no longer be needed, not because of any misstep, but because President Trump believes he’s outgrown him. Trump has increasingly shown disdain for ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Richland’s retired four-star general and former secretary of defense has broken his recent silence on President Trump. On Thursday ...

Defense Secretary Jim Mattis said Monday that the U.S. hasn’t tried to shoot down any of North Korea’s missiles because none of them has posed a threat to the U.S. “No. 1, those missiles are not ...

This is a story that Defense Secretary Jim Mattis would prefer you just skip over. It’s a portrait of a man walking a tightrope as he navigates a job full of life-and-death decisions working for a ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Gen. James Mattis has not endorsed a candidate in the November presidential election. But he agrees with the warnings in Bob ...

HO CHI MINH CITY, Vietnam — Defense Secretary Jim Mattis played down suggestions that he was in danger of losing his job, as he made a case for leaving the U.S. military out of politics and asserting ...

Mattis on Thursday labeled as “ludicrous” the suggestion that his comments to U.S. troops telling them to “hold the line,” or his statement that the U.S. “is never out of diplomatic options,” in ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. In accepting the first Thomas S. Foley Award for Distinguished Public Service, former Secretary of Defense and retired Gen. James ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Former Defense Secretary Jim Mattis’ contempt for his onetime boss Donald Trump is laid bare in a new book. Mattis tried to stay ...

Defense Secretary Jim Mattis on Wednesday underscored what he called an “absolutely critical” need for the U.S. military to shore up international alliances and compromise with partner nations in a ...