Nation Jun 06 AP FACT CHECK: Trump’s alternate reality in time of anguish The White House, tweeting as an American institution, not Trump's personal account or campaign, posted social media disinformation to make people think leftists were stockpiling rocks to commit terrorist attacks in the United States. By Calvin Woodward, Hope Yen, Arijeta Lajka, Associated Press
Nation Sep 02 Watch 12:35 James Mattis on why he left the Trump administration but won’t criticize it Retired Marine Corps Gen. James Mattis served as President Trump’s first defense secretary, resigning his post in protest after Trump announced he would pull U.S. forces out of Syria. Now, Mattis has written a book, “Call Sign Chaos: Learning to… By Judy Woodruff
Nation Sep 02 Mattis won’t weigh in on Trump’s leadership fitness Mattis served for two years in the top job at the Pentagon, helping craft and implement Trump administration decisions such as a troop surge in Afghanistan, a ban on transgender military members, and airstrikes against Syria’s Assad regime, following its… By Ali Rogin
Politics Jan 02 New Pentagon leader Pat Shanahan says he is focusing on China On his first day as acting defense secretary, Pat Shanahan is emphasizing that China should be the Pentagon's main focus. By Robert Burns, Associated Press
Dec 31 Outgoing defense secretary Mattis urges employees to ‘hold fast’ By Robert Burns, Associated Press Jim Mattis, who resigned over a series of policy disagreements with Trump said he's confident Pentagon employees will remain "undistracted from our sworn mission to support and defend the Constitution while protecting our way of life."… Continue reading
Dec 24 Watch 8:38 Troop drawdowns and Defense Dept. turnover leave U.S. foreign policy in flux Defense Secretary Jim Mattis has signed the order withdrawing U.S. troops from Syria. Meanwhile, President Trump wants to reduce the number of American troops in Afghanistan by half. But what will the decreased U.S. military presence in these countries mean… Continue watching
Dec 24 ‘Fix-it’ man Shanahan, Mattis’ successor, working to streamline defense spending By Lolita C. Baldor, Associated Press In the new year Trump wants to focus on streamlining purchases at the Pentagon, an issue on which Deputy Defense Secretary Patrick Shanahan has already been working, a White House official said. Continue reading
Dec 23 Watch 25:00 December 23, 2018 – PBS NewsHour Weekend full episode By PBS NewsHour On this edition for Sunday, Dec. 23, it's day two of the partial government shutdown, President Trump accelerates the departure of Defense Secretary James Mattis and the U.S. envoy leading the fight against ISIS steps down. And later, part two… Continue watching
Dec 23 Trump: Mattis out as of Jan. 1; deputy to be acting chief By Lolita C. Baldor, Associated Press Irritated with the criticism and fallout from Defense Secretary Jim Mattis’ resignation, President Donald Trump on Sunday pushed the Pentagon chief out the door two months earlier than planned, an acrimonious end to a tense relationship that had been eroding… Continue reading