It's official(?): Donald Trump has chosen Gen. James Mattis for defense secretary

[calinewarkwc69]

Donald Trump has chosen retired Marine Corps Gen. James Mattis as his pick for secretary of defense, tasking the popular military leader with carrying out the president-elect's planned overhaul of Pentagon operations and a shift in national security priorities.

The Washington Post, citing "people familiar" with the decision," was first to report

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[blackjedii]

[sabrinita]

“There are many people who do not know if the U.S. Army has 60,000 men or 6 million"

..I actually looked that up because I was curious. The number was actually less than I thought it was, though definitely still higher than 60,000

[moonshaz]

Trump has said that Mattis may have changed his views on torturing terrorists - even before being formally offered the job.

Am I missing something, or does this guy sound like less of a complete nightmare than most (all) of Drumpf's other picks? I mean, I don't know a thing about him, really, but this is the first one that didn't immediately make me recoil in utter horror. If he can talk Drumpf out of torturing people, that's a plus, right?

[shanrina]

Yeah, he still sounds like an asshole and I disagree with a lot of what he's said even just in this article (and probably much more that didn't make it in), but given some of Trump's picks for other positions, Mattis seems...somewhat reasonable?

[sugartitty]

yeah like this--"Instead, Trump said, Mattis advocated building a relationship with detainees. He told Trump “give me a pack of cigarettes and a couple of beers, and I’ll do better,” an answer the president-elect called 'impressive.'"--sounds good to me?? I'm still nervous in regards to his approach to Iran tho.

[sweet_heloise]

This is one of the better Cabinet choices