Dec 5, 2016 @ 12:08 PM 42,148 views
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How Defense Secretary James 'Mad Dog' Mattis Will Remake The Pentagon
Loren Thompson ,
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President-elect Donald J. Trump's disclosure that he will seek to name retired Marine Corps General James N. Mattis as the next Secretary of Defense portends big changes at the Pentagon. Although Mattis will require a congressional waiver to serve because he is only recently retired from the military, few in Washington doubt the waiver will be granted.
And with good reason: Mattis is one of the most gifted warfighters of his generation, a highly decorated officer who has led troops in every major U.S. military campaign conducted since the new millennium began. That includes the occupation of Afghanistan, where he was the first marine ever to command a Naval Task Force in combat, and the invasion of Iraq, where he led the 1st Marine Division and then went on to command in both battles of Fallujah.
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