James Mattis is held in the highest regard by other ... and Mattis decided to take the man’s place so that the young Marine could spend Christmas at home. The devotion hasn’t lessened over ...

Gen. James Mattis has not endorsed a candidate in the November presidential election. But he agrees with the warnings in Bob Woodward’s new book about the dangers of a second Trump presidency ...

James Mattis and told he was being relieved of his command. A career Marine, Dowdy was stunned: Mattis’s action in the midst of a battlefield fight was nearly unprecedented and, as Dowdy knew ...

In January of 2017, while awaiting Senate confirmation as Donald Trump’s secretary of defense, retired Marine General James Mattis was warned about the new president in a telephone call from ...

James Mattis, former secretary of defense, greets members of a honor guard unit before a 2021 ceremony at the Washington State University Tri-Cities campus. Jennifer King Tri-City Herald file ...

As a co-author of the military's counter-insurgency manual (with David Petraeus), Mattis has often spoke about following the rules of engagement and being disciplined among a ruthless enemy.

PULLMAN, Wash. – James Mattis, a Pullman native and former Secretary of Defense, has joined four other ex-Defense Secretaries in criticizing President Trump's recent firings of key military leaders.

Because if you do, the survivors will write about what we do here for 10,000 years." Mattis demonstrates that he is willing to extend an olive branch to those on the fence — but always carries ...