‘Being Friendly to One Another’
WIB politics August 20, 2018
Secretary of Defense James Mattis was recently honored with a Distinguished Service Award by The Center for the National Interest for the incredible work he has done, both in uniform and out, in the name of the United States. Upon receiving the reward, he delivered a short speech touting... Read more
Well, there is a reason he cops to the nickname “Chaos.” Last month Secretary of Defense Jim Mattis set the naval community aflutter by musing, Hamlet-like, about jettisoning the U.S. Navy’s effort to rotate carrier, amphibious and surface forces from home port to foreign stations on a foreseeable cycle. To be predictable,... Read more
The Union Cavalry Raid That Inspired James Mattis
WIB historyWIB land August 10, 2017
On April 17, 1863, a former music teacher with a fear of horses — he was kicked in the head by one as a child — set off with 1,700 Union soldiers, the scouts in Confederate uniforms, on a raid deep into Mississippi. The raid by Col. Benjamin Grierson... Read more
In his first three months as U.S. defense secretary, James Mattis has embraced elements of Pres. Donald Trump’s aggressive war policy while also breaking from the Trump administration on several high-profile issues. Mattis is, in other words, still very much his own man. And the Pentagon under Mattis has,... Read more
dpa correspondentsdpa(TNS) Tel Aviv — Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei has...
dpa(TNS) Tehran — Iran summoned the German ambassador on Thursday, over differences...
Henry MeyerBloomberg News(TNS) Israeli warplanes bombed Beirut and traded hostilities with Hezbollah fighters...
Henry Meyer and Marissa NewmanBloomberg News(TNS) Benjamin Netanyahu vowed to...
