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Then-Defense Secretary Jim Mattis, right, next to Joint Chiefs Chairman Gen. Joseph Dunford, smiles during a meeting with the Israeli delegation, including Israeli Minister of Defense Avigdor Lieberman, Thursday April 26, 2018, at the Pentagon. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin) ** FILE **

James Mattis, former Trump defense secretary, marries tech entrepreneur in Las Vegas ceremony

By Mike Glenn - The Washington Times

James Mattis responds to Donald Trump: ‘I earned my spurs on the battlefield’

By David Sherfinski - The Washington Times

In this Oct. 23, 2018, file photo, then-Defense Secretary Jim Mattis speaks beside President Donald Trump, during a briefing with senior military leaders in the Cabinet Room at the White House in Washington. Mattis warns bitter political divisions have pushed American society to the “breaking point” in his most extensive public remarks since he resigned in protest from the Trump administration. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta) ** FILE **

James Mattis: Time not right to speak on Trump controversies

By Lauren Toms - The Washington Times

In this Oct. 23, 2018, file photo, then-Defense Secretary Jim Mattis speaks beside President Donald Trump, during a briefing with senior military leaders in the Cabinet Room at the White House in Washington. Mattis warns bitter political divisions have pushed American society to the “breaking point” in his most extensive public remarks since he resigned in protest from the Trump administration. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta) ** FILE **

James Mattis: I owe Donald Trump ‘my silence,’ but ‘it’s not going to be forever’

By Bailey Vogt - The Washington Times

Then-U.S. Defense Secretary James Mattis talks to the media in presence of Macedonian Prime Minister Zoran Zaev following their meeting at the government building in Skopje, Macedonia, Monday, Sept. 17, 2018. (AP Photo/Boris Grdanoski) ** FILE **

James Mattis knocks Trump’s stance toward allies: ‘We will occupy an increasingly lonely position’

By Bailey Vogt - The Washington Times

Former Defense Secretary Gen. Jim Mattis, a keynote speaker, visits with attendees after the dedication ceremony and grand opening of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial Park at the Museum of Flight, on Saturday, May 25, 2019, in Seattle. (Alan Berner/The Seattle Times via AP) ** FILE **

James Mattis says memoir will not be tell-all on Donald Trump, despite clashes

By Carlo Muñoz - The Washington Times

Acting Defense Secretary Patrick Shanahan listens, Wednesday, May 1, 2019, during a House Appropriations subcommittee on budget hearing on Capitol Hill in Washington. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin) ** FILE **

Patrick Shanahan defense secretary confirmation hearings to be referendum on Trump foreign policy

By Lauren Toms, Ben Wolfgang and Lauren Meier - The Washington Times

Acting Defense Secretary Patrick Shanahan walks to talk to the media before the arrival of French Defense Minister Florence Parly at the Pentagon, Monday, March 18, 2019. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)

Patrick Shanahan Boeing history threatens defense secretary prospects

By Ben Wolfgang - The Washington Times

President Donald Trump, with (from left) Chief of Staff of the Army Gen. Mark Milley, Defense Secretary Jim Mattis, Trump, Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Gen. Joseph Dunford and Marine Corps Commandant Gen. Robert Neller, listen to questions from the members of the media during a briefing with senior military leaders in the Cabinet Room at the White House in Washington, Tuesday, Oct. 23, 2018. (Associated Press) **FILE**

Trump said he ‘essentially’ fired Defense Secretary James Mattis

By Dave Boyer - The Washington Times

Then-U.S. Defense Secretary James Mattis talks to the media in presence of Macedonian Prime Minister Zoran Zaev following their meeting at the government building in Skopje, Macedonia, Monday, Sept. 17, 2018. (AP Photo/Boris Grdanoski) ** FILE **

James Mattis last Donald Trump general standing

By Ben Wolfgang - The Washington Times

Then-U.S. Defense Secretary James Mattis talks to the media in presence of Macedonian Prime Minister Zoran Zaev following their meeting at the government building in Skopje, Macedonia, Monday, Sept. 17, 2018. (AP Photo/Boris Grdanoski) ** FILE **

James Mattis: Pakistan must ‘get on board’ with Afghan peace talks

By Carlo Muñoz - The Washington Times

Then-U.S. Defense Secretary James Mattis talks to the media in presence of Macedonian Prime Minister Zoran Zaev following their meeting at the government building in Skopje, Macedonia, Monday, Sept. 17, 2018. (AP Photo/Boris Grdanoski) ** FILE **

James Mattis says U.S. ‘simply cannot trust’ Vladimir Putin, Russia

By Carlo Muñoz - The Washington Times

Sen. Lindsey Graham, R-S.C., a member of the Senate Judiciary Committee, responds to reporters. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Senate vote to advance Yemen bill is rebuke to Donald Trump

By Guy Taylor - The Washington Times

U.S. Defense Secretary Jim Mattis, talks to journalists during a press conference with Czech Prime Minister Andrej Babis, not shown, in Prague, Czech Republic, Sunday, Oct. 28, 2018. Mattis arrives in Prague to mark the 100th anniversary of the 1918 creation of the Czechoslovak state. (Roman Vondrous/CTK via AP)

U.S., Chinese defense chiefs to meet in Washington, Pentagon confirms

By Carlo Muñoz - The Washington Times

Defense Secretary James Mattis speaks about the National Defense Review, Friday, Jan. 19, 2018, in Washington. China's expanding military and an increasingly aggressive Russia are among the U.S. military's top national security priorities, the Pentagon said Friday. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)

James Mattis calls for end to Saudi-led war in Yemen

By Carlo Muñoz - The Washington Times

President Trump said of Defense Secretary James Mattis, "I have a very good relationship with him. Gen. Mattis is a good guy. We get along very well." (Associated Press/File)

Donald Trump says Defense Secretary Mattis is ‘sort of a Democrat’

By Dave Boyer - The Washington Times

U.S. Secretary for Defence Jim Mattis arrives to a news conference at the end of the second day of a meeting of the North Atlantic Council at a gathering of NATO defence ministers at NATO headquarters in Brussels, Thursday, Oct. 4, 2018. (AP Photo/Francisco Seco)

James Mattis: Russian development of new nuke-powered missile ‘untenable’

By Carlo Muñoz - The Washington Times

Defense Secretary Jim Mattis speaks to reporters as he waits for the arrival of Philippine Secretary of National Defense Delfin Lorenzana at the Pentagon, Tuesday, Sept. 18, 2018. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta)

James Mattis trip to Beijing canceled as U.S.-China tensions rise

By Ben Wolfgang - The Washington Times

Defense Secretary Jim Mattis speaks during the 2018 POW/MIA National Recognition Day Ceremony at the Pentagon in Washington, Friday, Sept. 21, 2018. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)

James Mattis: ‘The jury is out’ on Obama-era policy shift allowing women into infantry units

By Douglas Ernst - The Washington Times

Defense Secretary Jim Mattis responds to a reporter's question during a meeting with and Philippine Secretary of National Defense Delfin Lorenzana at the Pentagon, Tuesday, Sept. 18, 2018. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta)

James Mattis dismisses defense secretary resignation rumors

By Carlo Muñoz - The Washington Times