US Defense Secretary James Mattis attends an honour guard ceremony with his South Korean counterpart Han Min-Koo at the Defense Ministry in Seoul on February 3, 2017.Mattis was in the South Korean capital before going on to Tokyo, on the first overseas tour by a senior Trump administration official as concerns rise about the direction of US policy in the region under the protectionist and fiery leader. / AFP / Ed JONES (Photo credit should read ED JONES/AFP/Getty Images)

Trump’s “Moderate” Defense Secretary Has Already Brought Us to the Brink of War

Defense Secretary James Mattis may not be a bigot or a crank like so many other top Trump appointees, but he could prove to be far more lethal in the long run.

The Intercept
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