#Jim Mattis

Author: Vivian Salama / Source: WSJ “As we elaborate how the withdrawal is going to occur and the circumstances, we don’t want the Assad regime to see what we do as representing any diminution in our opposition to the use of weapons of mass destruction,” he said. The Assad regime has been

Author: Benny Avni / Source: New York Post Modal Trigger As the year comes to a close, and as President Trump’s foreign policy suddenly veers in the wrong direction with wild and ill-advised moves on Syria and Afghanistan, here’s a national-security columnist’s wish list for 2019. Foremost, the

Source: Fox News Outgoing Defense Secretary James Mattis wished a Merry Christmas “to all you lads and lasses holding the line in 2018” in one of his final messages to America’s troops before his departure from the Trump administration. “Since Washington crossed the Delaware at Christmas in

Author: Katie Rogers / Source: New York Times President Trump remained in Washington for the Christmas holiday during the government shutdown. Sarah Silbiger/The New York Times WASHINGTON — President Trump retooled a campaign slogan on Monday to defend his worldview, declaring that “AMERICA IS

Author: Barbara Kollmeyer / Source: MarketWatch The markets have enough to worry about these days, right? With major U.S. indexes in or near bear territory, a government shutdown under way and the White House falling over itself to assure us no one is firing Fed Chief Powell, Treasury Secretary