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Asked Mattis to resign: US President Trump
Updated : 7 years, 1 month 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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Pentagon comptroller David Norquist named acting deputy defense secretary
Updated : 7 years, 2 months ago IST
Washington [United States], Jan 3 (ANI): The Pentagon's top financial officer David Norquist will soon take over as the acting deputy defense secretary, in succession to Patrick Shanahan, who took over as the acting defense secretary.
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Suspected Ricin packages sent to Pentagon
Updated : 7 years, 5 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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Pak Envoy meets Mattis in Washington
Updated : 7 years, 7 months ago IST
Washington, D.C. (USA), July 31 (ANI): Pakistan's Ambassador to the United States (US), Ali Jehangir Siddiqui, met US Defense Secretary James N. Mattis here at the headquarters of the US Department of Defense in Pentagon on Monday.
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US, S Korea discuss future of joint military drills
Updated : 7 years, 9 months ago IST
Washington DC [United States], June 16 (ANI): US Defense Secretary Jim Mattis has discussed with his South Korean counterpart, Song Young-moo, the future of their joint military drills after US president Donald Trump said that he would be suspending them.
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No sanctions relief for N Korea until denuclearisation: Mattis
Updated : 7 years, 9 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 : 7 years, 9 months 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 : 7 years, 11 months 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 : 7 years, 11 months 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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Shutdown would've serious ramifications for US military: Mattis
Updated : 8 years, 1 month ago IST
Washington DC [United States] January 20 (ANI): United States Defense Secretary Jim Mattis has warned that even a partial government shutdown would tremendously impact the country's military's maintenance, training, and intelligence operations.
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Pentagon likely to reveal real troop numbers in Syria
Updated : 8 years, 3 months ago IST
London [United Kingdom], November 25 (ANI): In a major disclosure, the Pentagon is likely to announce that there are 2000 U.S. troops stationed in Syria, rather than the 500.
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Pentagon chief Mattis visits Korean DMZ, says 'war is not our goal'
Updated : 8 years, 4 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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