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Asked Mattis to resign: US President Trump
Updated : 7 years, 4 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], Feb 2 (ANI): In an interview to New York Times, United States President Donald Trump stated that he asked former Defense Secretary James Mattis to resign because he "wasn’t happy with the job that he was doing at all."
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Suspected Ricin packages sent to Pentagon
Updated : 7 years, 8 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [U.S.A.], Oct 03 (ANI): At least two packages suspected of containing deadly poison Ricin, were found by the authorities at a Pentagon mail screening facility on Monday.
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No sanctions relief for N Korea until denuclearisation: Mattis
Updated : 7 years, 12 months ago IST
Singapore City [Singapore], June 3 (ANI): United States Defense Secretary James Mattis on Sunday, taking a hard line on North Korea, said the reclusive country will get relief from international sanctions only when it has demonstrated "verifiable and irreversible" steps to denuclearisatio
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US Defense Secretary warns Beijing of military presence in South China Sea
Updated : 8 years ago IST
Singapore [Singapore], June 2 (ANI): United States Defense Secretary James Mattis has asked nations to watch out for Chinese military presence in the Indo-Pacific region.
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Mattis terms strike on Syria 'one-time shot'
Updated : 8 years, 1 month ago IST
Washington DC [United States], Apr. 14 (ANI): US Defense Secretary James Mattis termed the initial airstrikes on Syria as a 'one-time shot' while saying that 'no additional attacks have been planned.'
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Mattis approves deployment of National Guard troops at US-Mexico border
Updated : 8 years, 1 month ago IST
Washington DC [United States], April 8 (ANI): US Defense Secretary James Mattis has signed a memo according to which the National Guard will deploy up to 4,000 troops to the U.S.-Mexico border.
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Pentagon chief Mattis visits Korean DMZ, says 'war is not our goal'
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
Pyongyang [North Korea], October 27 (ANI): United States Defense Secretary James Mattis on Friday morning visited the heavily fortified border between North Korea and South Korea known as the Demilitarized Zone (DMZ) amid heightened tensions over the North's nuclear programme.
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Gen. Bajwa's visit may presage new chapter in resolving Afghanistan confli
Updated : 8 years, 8 months ago IST
Washington [United States], Oct. 5 (ANI) United States Defense Secretary James Mattis said that Pakistan Army Chief General Qamar Javed Bajwa's recent visit to Kabul presages a new chapter' in ending the Afghan conflict.
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New strategy for South Asia includes Pakistan, India: NATO, US
Updated : 8 years, 8 months ago IST
Lahore [Pakistan], Sept.30 (ANI): The United States and NATO have jointly clarified that President Donald Trump's new strategy for South Asia includes Pakistan as well, and there is no move to isolate it.
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US, NATO say won't abandon Afghanistan
Updated : 8 years, 8 months ago IST
Kabul [Afghanistan], Sept.28 (ANI): The North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) and the United States have said they will not abandon Afghanistan.
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Taliban claims responsibility for rocket attacks, says Mattis was target
Updated : 8 years, 8 months ago IST
Kabul [Afghanistan], Sept.27 (ANI): The Taliban on Wednesday claimed responsibility for the rocket attacks near the Hamid Karzai International Airport in Kabul, saying that US Defense Secretary James Mattis and NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg were their targets.
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New US strategy in Afghanistan an opportunity for Pakistan to fight terror
Updated : 8 years, 8 months ago IST
Kabul [Afghanistan], Sept.27 (ANI): Afghanistan President Ashraf Ghani on Wednesday said that his government has drawn up a four-year military plan to ensure peace in his country and Pakistan has an opportunity to eliminate terrorism from the region.
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