General Jim “Mad Dog” Mattis is among the most revered top brass of the U.S. Marine Corps, and apparently he’s something of an expert orator too. At a recent award dinner at the Marine Corps ...

Jim Mattis is a worthy successor to the only previous general officer to serve as Secretary of Defense, General George C. Marshall. Mattis shares Marshall’s deep knowledge of history, his strategic ...

The retired general is a contender to be defense secretary. — -- President-elect Donald Trump announced Thursday night that he will "appoint" retired Marine Gen. James "Mad Dog" Mattis to be his ...

Journalist Bob Woodward revealed that former Secretary of Defense Jim Mattis seconded his argument that former President Donald Trump is a “dangerous” threat to the country. Mattis worked briefly in ...

Bob Woodward said former Defense Secretary James Mattis agrees with the veteran political journalist’s widely shared warnings about Donald Trump’s erratic temperament, outlined in his new book.

U.S. Secretary of Defense James N. Mattis speaks during the National POW/MIA Recognition Day Ceremony at the Pentagon in Washington, D.C., Sept. 21, 2018. The day is observed every year on the third ...

Gen. James Mattis has not endorsed a candidate in the November presidential election. But he agrees with the warnings in Bob Woodward’s new book about the dangers of a second Trump presidency, ...

RICHLAND, Wash. — Jim Mattis doesn’t want to talk. But he did open his front door when I knocked. “Hi, I’m Jim,” he said. Mattis, the secretary of defense during the first two years of Donald Trump’s ...

President Trump tweeted Thursday that Defense Secretary James Mattis will retire at the end of February 2019. The announcement comes just one day after the decision to withdraw troops from Syria. Gabe ...

The government is partially shut down, the president orders Defense Secretary James Mattis to leave his post immediately, and stock market turmoil continues. CBS News' Ed O'Keefe reports from ...

With the U.S. presidential election about a month away, analysts and pundits continue to speculate about who Harris or Trump will bring into their administrations. Yet, one crucial point overlooked ...