Breaking once more from presidential custom, Donald Trump is turning to a military man to steer the U.S. military, choosing retired Gen. James Mattis, who will be the first career officer to lead the ...

President-elect Trump will nominate legendary retired Marine Corps Gen. James “Mad Dog” Mattis as his defense secretary, despite a law barring recently retired generals from running the Pentagon, ...

President-elect Donald Trump will nominate retired Marine Gen. James Mattis, who led operations across the Middle East, to be secretary of defense. Mattis, 66, served in the U.S. Marine Corps for more ...

At a Cincinnati post-election victory rally Thursday, president-elect Donald Trump announced retired Gen. James “Mad Dog” Mattis as his choice for Defense Secretary. Mattis is Trump’s latest pick, ...

President-elect Donald Trump announced that James N. Mattis was his choice to lead the Department of Defense, what seemed to delight him most was the retired general’s Iraq war nickname: “Mad Dog.” ...

President-elect Donald Trump introduced his selection for Secretary of Defense, retired Marine general James Mattis, at his Tuesday night rally in Fayetteville, North Carolina. Mattis, known by his ...

Steve Inskeep talks to retired Army Colonel Peter Mansoor about Donald Trump's pick of retired Marine Gen. James Mattis to head Defense. Mansoor... Gen. James 'Mad Dog' Mattis Picked By Trump To Be ...

WASHINGTON (AP) — President-elect Donald Trump said Thursday he will nominate retired Gen. James Mattis to be his defense secretary, making the announcement at a post-election victory rally in ...

Outgoing Secretary of Defense James Mattis had planned to stick around through the beginning of 2019 to help with the transition of the important job to new leadership, but on Sunday that plan was ...

US President-elect Donald Trump has named Gen James Mattis (pictured), a former marine who served in Iraq and Afghanistan, as his Defence Secretary. “He is our best,” Trump said, as he announced his ...