Choices Quote by Steve Inskeep

[James Mattis] also has real passion for the care of the men and women in the U.S. military and their families. So, you know,…

— Michele Flournoy

[James Mattis] is a student of history. He's a strategic thinker.

— Michele Flournoy

General James Mattis is a storied and much-respected military leader.

— Michele Flournoy

When the Defense Department was established after World War II, a law said that any defense secretary with military experience must have been out…

— Steve Inskeep

[ General James Mattis] is a Marine's Marine who has served in combat in both Afghanistan and Iraq.

— Peter R. Mansoor

[Donald] Trump's establishing his bona fides on military preparedness. No histrionics, just the facts.

— Rush Limbaugh

As a former secretary of defense, I think Donald Rumsfeld is the best secretary of defense the United States has ever had.

— Dick Cheney

There are now reports that President Obama will name Massachusetts Senator John Kerry to be the next secretary of defense. Apparently this is part…

— Jay Leno

“military figures like James Mattis, H. R. McMaster, and John Kelly: they found themselves working in an administration that was in every way inimical…

— Michael Wolff

The secretary of defense makes recommendations, sometimes will make strong recommendations to the president of the United States. But the president, whoever it is…

— Lee Zeldin

I think that Donald Rumsfeld will go down in history as one of the worst secretaries of defense in history. We are paying a…

— John McCain

The Secretary of Defense is not a super General or Admiral. His task is to exercise civilian control over the Department for the Commander-in-Chief…

— Donald Rumsfeld