Mattis: US Has to Work With Saudis for Peace in Yemen Defense Secretary Jim Mattis said Saudi help was vital to his efforts to jump-start peace talks on Yemen.
US Plans Changes to Exercise Foal Eagle with South Korea The Defense Department is changing up a major exercise it holds annually with South Korea, Defense Secretary Jim Mattis said...
Lethal Force Not Part of White House Authorization for Border Troops, Mattis Says Defense Secretary Jim Mattis weighed in on a late-night memo from White House Chief of Staff John Kelly.
Senators Urge Pentagon to Send Border Troops Home for Thanksgiving Two Democratic senators are calling on Defense Secretary Jim Mattis to send the troops back to their homes for the holiday.
Defense Secretary Mattis Visits Military Troops Deployed to Border Mattis called the deployment legal and justified, and said it was necessary to make sure the U border was properly secure.
SecDef Mattis to Make First Visit to US Troops Stationed at Border Defense Secretary Jim Mattis plans to visit U.S. troops stationed on the southwest border on Wednesday.
How Mattis Made the Whole Military Obsessed with 'Lethality' The U.S. military has made lethality the lone benchmark under the leadership of Defense Secretary James Mattis.
Mattis' Push for Yemen Peace Talks This Month Has Failed, UN Says Saudi-led military operations are "increasingly confining populations and cutting off exit routes."
Space Force in Jeopardy After Democrats Gain Control of House The Democrats' takeover of the House poses major challenges to current Pentagon and VA plans and budgets.
Mattis Pushes for Negotiated Cease-Fire in Yemen's Civil War "We've got to replace combat with compromise," the defense secretary said.
Army Planners Are Weighing Force Reductions of Up to 90,000 Active-Duty Soldiers The Army is quietly considering a sweeping reduction of up to 90,000 active-duty troops, a move that underscores mounting...
Commander of Air Force Weather Wing Fired After Legal Troubles Earlier This Year Col. Joseph Coughlin, commander of the 557th Weather Wing at Offutt, was removed from his position Tuesday "due to a loss of...
Top US General Argues Against Giving Up Command of NATO at Senate Hearing Giving up American military leadership of the NATO alliance would be "problematic," Gen. Christopher Cavoli told senators...
Capitol Hill Wants $15 Billion for Weapons Pentagon Didn’t Seek: Report The spending directions from Congress are included in tables that Republican Defense appropriators sent the department last...
'Psychological Warfare': Veterans Fired from Federal Government Speak Out at Informal Hearing Air Force veteran Shernice Mundell was testifying at a "shadow hearing" organized by Senate Veteran Affairs Committee ranking...