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After retiring from the military, Mattis worked for FWA Consultants and served as a member of the General Dynamics Board of Directors. [79] Between 2013 and 2017, while on the board of General Dynamics , Mattis made more than $900,000 in compensation, including company stock. [ 80 ]
James Mattis: January 20, 2017 December 31, 2018 President Trump tweeted that General Mattis would be "retiring" at the end of February 2019; however, Mattis wrote a strongly worded resignation letter rebuking Trump foreign policy behavior, and thus became the first ever Secretary of Defense to resign in protest.
The departure of Mattis had been anticipated since Trump announced on Wednesday that he was withdrawing U.S. troops from Syria. Pentagon chief Mattis quits, citing policy differences with Trump ...
Mattis, a retired four-star Marine Corps general, resigned his post as secretary of defense in December after Trump first expressed the possibility of pulling US troops in Syria.
Mr Mattis spent 43 years in the Marine Corps, and rose to commander at US Central Command before retiring in 2013 as a four-star general. He joined the Trump administration as defense secretary in ...
The Senate confirms Jim Mattis as the 26th U.S. Secretary of Defense in a vote of 98–1 and retired Marine general John F. Kelly as the 5th U.S. Secretary of Homeland Security in a vote of 88–11. [13] [14] Protests damage parts of downtown Washington, D.C. and lead to 217 arrests and 9 injuries. [15]
Before retiring in 2013, Mattis served over 40 years in the United States military, including as a general at the highest levels in the U.S. Marine Corps. ... “It’s fitting and proper that Gen ...
Robert Stiles Harward, Jr. (born 1956 [2]), known as Bob Harward, is a retired United States Navy SEAL and a former Deputy Commander of the United States Central Command, under the leadership command of General James Mattis.