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Topic: Secretary of Defense

Former Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld (Bryan Bedder/Getty Images)

Donald Rumsfeld: A legacy of violence

Erik Loomis - Alternet
U.S. Secretary of Defense Mark Esper holds a media briefing at the Pentagon August 28, 2019 in Arlington, Virginia. (Photo by Alex Wong/Getty Images)

Bestselling Pentagon fiction

William D. Hartung, Mandy Smithberger - TomDispatch.com
Donald Trump; Patrick Shanahan (Getty/Salon)

No defense secretary, with war looming

Sophia Tesfaye
Patrick Shanahan; Donald Trump (Getty/AP/Salon)

Trump also stonewalling Congress on Iran

Sophia Tesfaye
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(AP/Salon)

Chuck Hagel slams Trump on caravan

Matthew Chapman - Alternet
Jim Mattis (AP/Christophe Ena)

New Pentagon policy: More war?

Bryce Farabaugh
Jim Mattis; Donald Trump (AP/Salon)

Trump now says he backs Jim Mattis

Matthew Rozsa
(AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)

Mattis warns North Korea

Taylor Link
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(AP/Jacquelyn Martin/Alex Brandon/Moises Castillo/Evan Vucci)

rooting for the generals

Bob Cesca
FILE - In this Jan. 12, 2017 file photo, Defense Secretary-designate James Mattis listens on Capitol Hill in Washington while testifying at his confirmation hearing before the Senate Armed Services Committee. Some of President-elect Donald Trump’s most important Cabinet choices are at odds with him on matters that were dear to his heart as a campaigner and central to his promises to supporters. For the Pentagon, the CIA, the State Department and more, Trump has picked people who publicly disagree with him on some cornerstones of his agenda In confirmation hearings. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite, File) (AP)

Student interviews Mattis

Charlie May
(Wikimedia/Deptartment of Defense)

Fortunate Son?

Charlie May
(AP Photo/Richard Drew, File)

The Mind of Mattis

Charlie May
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(AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite, File)

Andrew Revkin - ProPublica
John McCain stands with Defense Secretary nominee James Mattis, January 12, 2017. (Getty/Mark Wilson)

Mattis: A tiny sign of hope?

Gary Legum
FILE - In this Nov. 19, 2016, file photo, President-elect Donald Trump shakes hands with retired Marine Corps Gen. James Mattis as he leaves Trump National Golf Club Bedminster clubhouse in Bedminster, N.J. Trump said at a rally on Dec. 1, that he will nominate Mattis as defense secretary. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster, File) (AP)

James Mattis: what to know

Grace Guarnieri
(Reuters)

Andrew J. Bacevich - TomDispatch.com
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Ashton Carter (Harvard University)

Carter to pentagon

Luke Brinker
(NBC)

"No ordinary" SecDef

Luke Brinker
Chuck Hagel (Reuters/Kevin Lamarque)

Hagel out at Pentagon

Luke Brinker
Leon Panetta (AP/Susan Walsh)

Panetta's self-righteous fury

Heather Digby Parton
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Condoleezza Rice, John Ashcroft, Donald Rumsfeld (AP/Mark Duncan/Stephen J. Boitano/Wally Santana)

The right's "bipartisan" sham

Heather Digby Parton
(Twitter)

Natasha Lennard
John McCain (Reuters/Jonathan Ernst)

Steve Erickson - The American Prospect
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Nick Turse
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