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Defense Watch: Offutt Flooding, Dutch MQ-9s, Frigate Laser

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Friday, March 22nd, 2019

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Defense Watch: Offutt Flooding, Dutch MQ-9s, Frigate Laser

Secretary of Defense Jim Mattis answers questions from the press shortly before arriving in South Korea., Feb. 2, 2017. (DOD photo by Army Sgt. Amber I. Smith)

Mattis Back to Academia. Former Defense Secretary Jim Mattis will return to Stanford University’s Hoover Institute as the Davies Family Distinguished Fellow effective May 1, the institute said Tuesday. Mattis was previously the Davies Fellow before accepting the position of Secretary of Defense in 2016. He resigned from the position Dec. 20, 2018, but was then released from the position by President Trump effective Jan. 1 2019. “At Hoover, Mattis intends to focus his research and writing on domestic and…

Congress

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