Thread: gen. Mattis (mad dog) eager for confrontation with iran
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Old 12-02-2016, 10:52 AM
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Mattis would also need a waiver from Congress in order to be confirmed.

he is not 7 years retired, but should be ez to get.

Mattis, 66, would join a Trump national security team that already includes retired Army Lt. Gen. Michael Flynn as national security adviser and Rep. Mike Pompeo as CIA director.

The waiver from the senate requires 60 votes. Trump's own senator Kristen Jillibrand will vote no.