Retired Gen. James Mattis, former secretary of defense, greets members of a honor guard unit before a 2021 ceremony at the Washington State University Tri-Cities campus. Jennifer King Tri-City ...

Retired Gen. James Mattis, former secretary of defense, greets members of a honor guard unit before a 2021 ceremony at the Washington State University Tri-Cities campus.

Recent sackings of top military officials spark concerns over politicization, as former defense secretaries warn of national ...

Perry, Panetta, Hagel and Austin served under Democratic administrations over the past three decades, while Mattis ... Air Force Vice Chief Gen. James Slife, and the judge advocates general ...

James Mattis, a Pullman native and former Secretary ... They argue that the partisan removal of General Charles Brown Jr., Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, alongside military law attorneys ...

retired four-star General James Mattis was his first secretary of defense and active duty three-star Lieutenant General H.R. McMaster was his second national security adviser. Trump reveled in ...