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James Mattis

Supreme Allied Commander of Transformation (2007-09) & Commander of the United States Joint Forces Command (2007-10). Commander of United States Central Command (2010-13). Visiting Fellow at the Hoover Institution (2014-16). United States Secretary of Defense (since 2017).

4 articles

Resignation letter from James Mattis

by James Mattis

Washington D. C. (États-Unis) | 20 December 2018

Dear Mr President:
I have been privileged to serve as our country’s 26th Secretary of Defense which has allowed me to serve alongside our men and women of the Department in defense of our citizens and our ideals.
I am proud of the progress that has been made over the past two years on some of (...)

James Mattis Remarks at the United States Institute for Peace

by James Mattis

Washington D. C. (États-Unis) | 30 October 2018

STEPHEN HADLEY: Good evening, everyone. Mr. Secretary, thank you so much for being with us.
What we thought we would do is that the secretary and I will have a conversation on some of the issues of the day. We’ll probably go about 35 minutes or so, and then probably the last 20 minutes or (...)

Remarks by James Mattis at International Institute for Strategic Studies Manama Dialogue

by James Mattis

Manama (Bahrein) | 27 October 2018

SECRETARY OF DEFENSE JAMES N. MATTIS: Thank you, Dr. Chipman, and Excellencies, Ladies and Gentlemen. It’s truly a pleasure to be back here at the Manama Dialogue. A special thank you for the foreign minister of Bahrain for its traditional and well-known warm hospitality to borrow the words of a (...)

James Mattis Memo

by James Mattis

Washington D. C. (États-Unis) | 21 January 2017

It’s good to be back and I’m grateful to serve alongside you as Secretary of Defense.
Together with the Intelligence Community we are the sentinels and guardians of our nation. We need only look to you, the uniformed and civilian members of the Department and your families, to see the (...)