PRESIDENT TRUMP!

[StagLefty]

[davsel]

[Gman]

NICE!

[Joe_K]

If this happens it will be the biggest boost to our Military in decades!

http://edition.cnn.com/2016/11/19/po...ary/index.html

From CNN
President-elect Donald Trump said on Sunday he was considering retired Marine Gen. James Mattis to serve as his secretary of defense.

"General James "Mad Dog" Mattis, who is being considered for Secretary of Defense, was very impressive yesterday. A true General's General!" Trump tweeted.


The two men met for a little over an hour Saturday afternoon in Bedminster, New Jersey. An official familiar with the transition process characterized it to CNN on Saturday as an important meeting.
Mattis can be considered a leading candidate for secretary of defense, the source said.
The source cautioned it's not a done deal but said Trump has been extremely impressed with Mattis' resume and what he's heard about him from others and at this stage is leaning in that direction.
Asked by reporters if he would choose Mattis to lead the Defense Department, Trump said, "All I can say is he is the real deal. He is the real deal."
In Mattis, Trump has a candidate who was held in high regard throughout the ranks of the Marine Corps during his 44 years of service. A seasoned combat commander, he led a task force into southern Afghanistan in 2001 and a Marine division at the time of the Iraq invasion in 2003.
The retired four-star general, who was known as "Mad Dog," was lauded for his leadership of Marines in the 2004 Battle of Falluja in Iraq -- one of the bloodiest of the war.
But he attracted controversy in 2005 when he said "it's fun to shoot some people" while addressing service members in San Diego.
He also served as a commander of a major NATO strategic command, Allied Command Transformation, in Norfolk, Virginia.

Mattis, known as a plain-spoken leader well-liked by his Marines, was later promoted to run US Central Command in 2010 -- a post that gave him command responsibility for all US forces in the Middle East. He also was an outspoken critic of the Iran nuclear deal.
But should Trump decide to choose Mattis for the Pentagon, his 2013 retirement would create at least one hurdle: A retired officer is required to be out of uniform for at least seven years before taking control of the sprawling Pentagon responsibilities.
Mattis would require a waiver from Congress to be eligible for the position -- something that, with Republicans in control on Capitol Hill and the general praise for the general's career, would likely be a formality to obtain.

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[BushMasterBoy]

Am I being recalled to active duty? I could use the $400,000!

[Gman]

Am I being recalled to active duty? I could use the $400,000!

I think he's required to take at least $1...so is $399,999.99 OK?

[CS1983]

Mattis as SecDef!? That would be amazing so long as he stay himself.

[Joe_K]

Mattis as SecDef!? That would be amazing so long as he stay himself.

I don't know, going from 4 Star to Sec Def might get to his head.

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[CS1983]

As long as he stays Mad Dog and doesn't go all Bartles and Jaymes.

[Joe_K]

(From a Military Times interview with Mattis)

In September, he told Military Times that he is particularly concerned about civilian policy-makers making changes to the military to advance social policies.

“We are liable to find ourselves paying the cost on a battlefield that we do not want to pay,” Mattis said. “There is no God-given right to victory on the battlefield. You win that through the skill and the devotion, the valor and the ferocity of your troops. You have to be very, very careful, I think, if this gap grows, and it surely will. We have to be very careful that we do not undercut the military battlefield effectiveness with shortsighted social programs.”

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