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James Mattis is sworn in as defense secretary, pledges to build alliances (Jason Aldag,Dan Lamothe/The Washington Post) Retired Marine Gen. James N. Mattis was confirmed and sworn in as President Trump’s defense secretary Friday, breaking with decades of precedent as a recently retired general became the Pentagon’s top civilian leader.
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Will Estes William Estes (born October 21, 1978) is an American actor known for his role on CBS police drama Blue Bloods as Jameson Jamie Reagan, a New York Police Department officer and the younger son of the police commissioner, played by Tom Selleck. Previously, he starred as J.J. Pryor, on the NBC drama American Dreams
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Featured Memorial | James Arness James Arness, the 6-foot-6 actor who towered over the television landscape for two decades as righteous Dodge City lawman Matt Dillon in Gunsmoke, died Friday. He was 88. The actor died in his sleep at his home in Brentwood, Calif., according to his business manager, Ginny Fazer.
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- 1 Bakula will play special agent Pride, who heads the NCIS office in New Orleans. 2  CCH Pounder and Zoe McLellan have been cast as a medical examiner and special agent, respectively. 3  Special agent Gibbs (Mark Harmon) gets in touch with Pride after the death of a friend and agent.
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James Arness, Marshal on âGunsmoke,â Dies at 88 James Arness portrayed Marshal Matt Dillon on Gunsmoke for 20 years after the series debuted in 1955. Credit CBS James Arness, who burnished the legend of America’s epic West as Marshal Matt Dillon, the laconic peacemaker of Dodge City on “Gunsmoke,” one of the longest-running dramatic series in television history, died on Friday at his home in Los Angeles. He was 88. A family spokeswoman, Ginny Fazer, confirmed the death.
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Defense Secretary James Mattis Breaks With Other Cabinet Members On Climate Change Secretary of Defense James Mattis has asserted that climate change is real, and a threat to American interests abroad and the Pentagon’s assets everywhere, a position that appears at odds with the views of the president who appointed him and many in the administration in which he serves.
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Trump Picks Gen. James Mattis As His Defense Secretary Drew Angerer/Getty Images. At a rally in Cincinnati on Thursday night, President-elect Donald Trump said he would select retired Marine Corps Gen. James Mattis to lead the Defense Department, filling a key role in the incoming administration. Mattis, 66, is famous for both his blunt talk and his engaging leadership in recent U.S. conflicts.
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Here's What You Need to Know About James 'Mad Dog' Mattis, Trump's Pick For Secretary of Defense “We are going to appoint ‘Mad Dog’ Mattis as our Secretary of Defense,” Trump to a rally Thursday night in Cincinnati. Early indications from Capitol Hill suggest Congress will exempt Mattis from the ban on a retired military officer serving as Defense Secretary until he has been retired for at least seven years.
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IMCOM commanding general, wife visit post Sarah and Lt. Gen. Rick Lynch, IMCOM commanding general, look at a scrapbook created by Jessica Richter, financial adviser, Survivor Outreach Services, during a March 3 visit to the SOS building located in Grimes Hall, Building 510 on Main Post at Fort Riley.
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The Glades  (TV series) The police procedural show starred Matt Passmore as Jim Longworth, a Chicago police detective who becomes a state police detective in a Florida Everglades community. He leaves the Chicago Police Department after being shot in the backside by his captain, who thought Jim was sleeping with his wife.
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James Lawrence James Lawrence (October 1, 1781 – June 4, 1813) was an American naval officer. During the War of 1812, he commanded USS Chesapeake in a single-ship action against HMS Shannon commanded by Philip Broke).
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James Arness James Arness (May 26, 1923 – June 3, 2011) was an American actor, best known for portraying Marshal Matt Dillon for 20 years in the television series Gunsmoke.
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General Mattis Could Serve as Secretary of Defense Even without a Waiver from Congress But legislation requiring that Mattis be banned from appointment as secretary of defense trenches on the president’s power to nominate — to choose the person he believes will best serve in that role. As Hamilton wrote in Federalist No. 66, “There will, of course, be no exertion of choice on the part of the Senate.
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SECNAV Names Next Director of NCIS Navy.mil Home Page. SECNAV Names Next Director of NCIS. WASHINGTON (NNS) -- Secretary of the Navy Ray Mabus today named Andrew Traver as the next director of the Naval Criminal Investigative Service (NCIS). Andrew Traver is absolutely the right person to lead the NCIS, said Mabus.
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James Arness obituary US actor known for playing Marshal Matt Dillon in the popular TV series Gunsmoke. Ronald Bergan. Monday 6 June 2011 13.15 EDT First published on Monday 6 June 2011 13.15 EDT. James Arness, who has died aged 88, may not have been the biggest film star ever, but he was certainly one of the tallest, at 6ft 7in. His height and large bulk made a lasting impression in his role of US Marshal Matt Dillon in the television western series Gunsmoke, which Arness played for 20 years.
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- Peter Bergen: Gen. Jim Mad Dog Mattis is a consummate reader, with an extensive collection of books. Clues into how he will run the Pentagon can be found in them and his own published works, he writes.
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Mad Dog, as in âMad Dogâ Mattis: The colorful history of a great American nickname Retired Gen. James Mattis in a 2013 file photo.(Evan Vucci/AP) On Thursday, at a post-election victory rally in Cincinnati, President-elect Donald Trump announced his pick for secretary of defense. “We are going to appoint Mad Dog Mattis as our secretary of defense,” Trump said, as The Washington Post reported. The Mad Dog in question was retired Marine Gen. James N. Mattis, who for more than 40 years served in the Marine Corps. The 66-year-old general, called a “warrior monk” by his peers for his depth of knowledge and lack of family — he never married — is also known to turn a memorable phrase, including: “Be polite, be professional, but have a plan to kill everybody you meet.”
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- Now, the particulars of the plan are naturally classified and nobody really knows what it is, other than Trump’s promise it’ll be great, Folks, just great. But given the primary architect is General James Mattis and the “top generals” one could reasonably assume it’ll be a military solution and not a diplomatic one.
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James Arness, Matt Dillon On 'Gunsmoke,' Has Died James Arness, the towering actor best known for portraying Marshal Matt Dillon, the strong and commanding symbol of frontier justice on the landmark TV western series Gunsmoke, died today, the Los Angeles Times reports.
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- James Callis was born on June 4, 1971 in London, England. He is an actor and writer, known for Battlestar Galactica (2004), Bridget Jones's Diary (2001) and Bridget Jones: The Edge of Reason (2004).
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Donald Trump to nominate James Mattis for secretary of defense President-elect Donald Trump will nominate retired Marine Gen. James Mattis as his secretary of defense, he announced Thursday in Cincinnati at the beginning of his post-election tour. President-elect Donald Trump will nominate retired Marine Gen. James Mattis as his secretary of defense, he announced Thursday in Cincinnati at the beginning of his post-election tour.
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Behind the 1947 Law That Could Block Donald Trumpâs Secretary of Defense Pick President-elect Donald Trump wants James Mattis to be his Defense Secretary, but he'll have to bypass this 1947 law to get the job. Behind the 1947 Law That Could Block Donald Trump’s Secretary of Defense Pick President-elect Donald Trump welcomes retired United States Marine Corps general James Mattis to Trump International Golf Club in Bedminster, N.J., November 19, 2016.
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Gen. James Mattis: 5 Fast Facts You Need to Know Gen. James Mattis: 5 Fast Facts You Need to Know. Marine Corps General James Mattis is being considered as a third-party candidate for the 2016 presidential election. Retired Gen. James Mattis’ name keeps appearing in conversations about the 2016 presidential election. First, people hoped the four-star general would run for the Republican nomination. Now his name is being floated around as a possible option if the Republican convention ends up being contested.
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SECNAV Names Next Director of NCIS By Defense Media Activity - Navy. WASHINGTON (NNS) -- Secretary of the Navy Ray Mabus today named Andrew Traver as the next director of the Naval Criminal Investigative Service (NCIS). Andrew Traver is absolutely the right person to lead the NCIS, said Mabus.
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Joe Spano Net Worth Joseph Peter Joe Spano (born July 7, 1946) is an American actor who came to prominence through his role as Lt. Henry Goldblume on Hill Street Blues and is now well known for his work on NCIS as FBI Special Agent Tobias Fornell.
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- Sean Murray stars as Special Agent Timothy McGee in NCIS. (Photo: Matt Hoyle/CBS) Even though NCIS is a procedural show, what makes it so special and has helped make it the most-watched drama worldwide is the personal interactions of the characters.