Mattis Confirmed as Secretary of Defense – IOTW Report

Mattis Confirmed as Secretary of Defense

WFB: Retired Marine Gen. James Mattis was confirmed by lawmakers on Friday to serve as defense secretary, just hours after Donald Trump was sworn in as president of the United States.

Mattis was expected to be easily confirmed after Congress passed legislation one week ago allowing him to serve in the top defense post despite having been out of uniform for less than seven years.

The Senate voted 98-1 in favor of Mattis’ confirmation Friday afternoon, two days after the Senate Armed Services Committee decisively approved the retired general for defense secretary in a 26-1 vote. The sole Democrat on the committee voting against his confirmation was Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand (D., N.Y.), who was vocal about opposing the waiver for Mattis due to the importance of civilian control of the military.  MORE

 

15 Comments on Mattis Confirmed as Secretary of Defense

  1. I’m just waiting to see what happens next time an Iranian Navy ‘bass boat’ does a high speed encroachment on one of our warships.

    The rules of engagement may have changed.

  2. The rules of engagement just changed from pardon me to eat lead and die barbarian.
    There is civilian control of the military, you ignorant slut, his name is President Trump.

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