4 things to know about ‘Mad Dog’ Mattis, Trump’s pick for Defense Secretary

Josh Siegel, The Daily Signal (USA)
President-elect Donald Trump’s nominee for secretary of defense, retired four-star Marine Gen. James Mattis, is worried that the U.S. is retreating in a chaotic world. Mattis, known and admired as “Mad Dog” in the military, is sober about what impact America can ultimately have on world events. But that doesn’t mean the U.S. shouldn’t try to exert its influence, he says.