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Current Events => Breaking News => Topic started by: HAPPY2BME on December 06, 2016, 10:35:35 PM

Title: Trump Formally Announces Mattis as SecDef Choice
Post by: HAPPY2BME on December 06, 2016, 10:35:35 PM

BY: Morgan Chalfant   Follow @mchalfant16
December 6, 2016 8:28 pm

President-elect Donald Trump formally announced retired Marine Gen. James Mattis as his choice for secretary of defense on Tuesday.

“We need to find the right person to lead our Defense Department. This is why I am proud to formally announce today my intention to nominate Gen. James ‘Mad Dog’ Mattis at the next secretary of defense of the United States of America,” Trump said at a rally in North Carolina on Tuesday night, not far from the U.S. Army base Fort Bragg.

Trump described Mattis as “one of the most effective generals that we have had in many, many decades” who has “committed his life to his love for our country.”

Mattis delivered very brief remarks after Trump, expressing his excitement about being named to lead the Pentagon.

“I look forward to be the civilian leader, as long as Congress gives me the waiver and the Senate votes to consent,” Mattis told the crowd.

http://freebeacon.com/national-security/trump-announces-mattis-secdef/