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How Trump fell out of love with his generals, and why the feeling is mutual

World / Politics | FOCUS Sep 24, 2020

How Trump fell out of love with his generals, and why the feeling is mutual

by Phil Stewart, Idrees Ali and Steve Holland

The president has ridiculed his top generals, ignoring their advice on some key issues and questioning their intelligence, courage and commitment to their soldiers.

U.S. and North Korea came much closer to war than previously thought, book claims

Asia Pacific Sep 21, 2020

U.S. and North Korea came much closer to war than previously thought, book claims

by Jesse Johnson

Book by journalist Bob Woodward details scores of instances that highlight the unease felt by top U.S. officials amid the 'fire and fury' of the 2017 crisis.

Microsoft's Pentagon cloud computing win comes at a cost, legal and internal

Business Oct 28, 2019

Microsoft's Pentagon cloud computing win comes at a cost, legal and internal

Microsoft Corp. scored a major victory in securing a milestone, $10 billion Pentagon contract for cloud computing services. But the contract — unthinkable for Microsoft even a year ago — will likely come at a cost, legal and internal. Amazon.com Inc., the market leader in ...

U.S. should side with Hong Kong protesters, says ex-Pentagon chief Jim Mattis

Asia Pacific Sep 10, 2019

U.S. should side with Hong Kong protesters, says ex-Pentagon chief Jim Mattis

Former U.S. Defense Secretary Jim Mattis said on Monday anti-government protests in Hong Kong were "not an internal" Chinese matter and that the United States should offer at least moral support to the demonstrators. The retired U.S. Marine general, speaking at a Reuters Newsmaker event ...

Acting Pentagon chief makes surprise Iraq visit to reassure Baghdad after latest Trump remarks

World / Politics Feb 13, 2019

Acting Pentagon chief makes surprise Iraq visit to reassure Baghdad after latest Trump remarks

Acting U.S. defense chief Patrick Shanahan told Iraqi leaders that Washington understood its forces were in Iraq at Baghdad's invitation, aiming to steady relations after President Donald Trump said U.S. troops were needed to keep an eye on Iran. Shanahan met Prime Minister Adel Abdul ...

Trump denies media report he is considering ex-Sen. Jim Webb for Pentagon chief

World / Politics Jan 5, 2019

Trump denies media report he is considering ex-Sen. Jim Webb for Pentagon chief

U.S. President Donald Trump said on Friday a New York Times report that he was considering former Democratic Se. Jim Webb to be his next defense secretary was "fake news." The Times, citing an unnamed official, said on Thursday that Vice President Mike Pence and ...

Departure of Jim Mattis stirs world of worries from Brussels to Beijing

World / Politics Dec 21, 2018

Departure of Jim Mattis stirs world of worries from Brussels to Beijing

by David Tweed

The abrupt resignation of U.S. Defense Secretary Jim Mattis has governments from Seoul to Brussels on edge, as the reliability of American alliances and the direction of policy under an erratic leader comes increasingly under question. The former marine general was widely seen a moderating ...

Trump mulls major Afghanistan troop withdrawal, seen growing impatient with interventions

World / Politics Dec 21, 2018

Trump mulls major Afghanistan troop withdrawal, seen growing impatient with interventions

President Donald Trump is considering significantly drawing down troops from Afghanistan, two U.S. officials told Reuters on Thursday, in the latest sign his patience is thinning both with America's longest war and overseas military interventions, generally. Shortly after the officials spoke, Defense Secretary Jim Mattis ...

For U.S. allies dismayed by Trump's antics, Jim 'Mad Dog' Mattis is the last adult in the room

World / Politics | FOCUS Dec 10, 2018

For U.S. allies dismayed by Trump's antics, Jim 'Mad Dog' Mattis is the last adult in the room

And then there was one. Since Donald Trump assumed office almost two years ago, U.S. allies in Europe, Asia and beyond have counted on a number of so-called adults in the room to constrain an unpredictable president. With the imminent departure of White House chief ...

Trump asks Pakistan leader Imran Khan for help with Afghan peace talks as U.S. pullout speculation swirls

World Dec 4, 2018

Trump asks Pakistan leader Imran Khan for help with Afghan peace talks as U.S. pullout speculation swirls

Pakistan said on Monday U.S. President Donald Trump has sought its help with faltering Afghan peace talks, part of intensifying efforts by Trump to end one of America's longest wars. Trump, in a letter to new Prime Minister Imran Khan, asked for Pakistan's "support and ...

U.S. to scale back major joint military exercise in bid to keep North Korean nuclear diplomacy on track

Asia Pacific Nov 22, 2018

U.S. to scale back major joint military exercise in bid to keep North Korean nuclear diplomacy on track

by Jesse Johnson

In a bid to keep Washington's ongoing denuclearization talks with North Korea from faltering, U.S. Defense Secretary Jim Mattis said Wednesday that a major joint military exercise with South Korea would be scaled back. "We have taken a decision," Mattis said, according to a transcript ...

U.S. returns 'Bells of Balangiga' to Philippines a century after clash

Asia Pacific Nov 15, 2018

U.S. returns 'Bells of Balangiga' to Philippines a century after clash

U.S. Defense Secretary Jim Mattis on Wednesday formally returned church bells to the Philippines that were taken as war trophies over a century ago following gruesome clashes, seeking to close a contentious chapter in the two allies' shared history. The decision to return the "Bells ...

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