Top Senator Wants New Defense Secretary, But Misses Mattis Sen. James Inhofe said Tuesday that he wished Jim Mattis was still on the job as Defense Secretary.
Trump on Mattis: 'I Didn't Like the Job He Was Doing' Trump said he asked Mattis to hand in his resignation after growing unhappy with the former defense secretary's performance.
Trump Claims to Have Fired Mattis for Failure to End Afghan War At a Cabinet meeting, Trump said he "essentially" fired Mattis by ordering him out of the Pentagon by Jan. 1.
Mattis' Farewell Urges Troops to 'Keep The Faith' Despite Turmoil Defense Secretary Jim Mattis' farewell to the troops was pointed and brief.
Read Mattis' Farewell Message to the Troops In his farewell, Mattis quoted a telegram from President Abraham Lincoln to Gen. Ulysses S. Grant.
Mattis to Officially Hand Off as Defense Secretary to Shanahan at Midnight Monday The handoff will take place during a phone call, a defense official said.
Mattis Out by Jan. 1, Shanahan Named Acting Secretary of Defense President Trump announced Sunday that Defense Secretary James Mattis will be leaving the administration on January 1.
Trump Hits Back at Mattis on Value of US Alliances, Defends Syria Pullout President Donald Trump disputed outgoing Defense Secretary Jim Mattis on the worth of U.S. alliances.
Brett McGurk, US Envoy to Anti-ISIS Coalition, Resigns Brett McGurk, the U.S. envoy for the global coalition to defeat Islamic State (ISIS), has resigned in the wake of President...
'Distraught' Mattis Had to Resign or Compromise Beliefs: Former SecDef Cohen Close friend Bill Cohen said the defense secretary agonized over his decision.
Army Offers $15,000 Reward for Info on Missing Guns and Other Gear at Fort Moore Army investigators are still searching for 31 M17 pistols that disappeared from Fort Moore, Georgia, earlier this year, but...
Musk, Ramaswamy Proposal to Slash Spending Could Include VA Medical Services Elon Musk and Vivek Ramaswamy confirmed that they plan to target "unauthorized" federal spending, a category that includes...
Police Report Sheds New Light on Pentagon Nominee Hegseth's Sexual Encounter that Led to Assault Allegation Pete Hegseth, who is tapped to lead the military and the nation's largest federal bureaucracy, has vehemently denied the...
Steel Company Tied to Deadly Air Force Osprey Crash Faced Defective Parts Lawsuit in 2001 Military officials have refused to say whether they're still working with a company responsible for making the gear that...
Japan Will Hold First Memorial for 'All Workers' at Sado Gold Mines But Blurs WWII Atrocity. Why? Historians say hundreds of Koreans were forced to labor in the mines under brutal conditions during World War II.