James Mattis, former defense secretary, defends Pentagon IG fired by Trump – By Dom Calicchio (FOX News) / April 8 2020
Former Secretary of Defense Gen. James Mattis discusses leadership, his new book ‘Call Sign Chaos’ on ‘The Story.’
Former Defense Secretary James Mattis went on record Tuesday to defend Glenn Fine, the Pentagon inspector general relieved of his duties by President Trump earlier in the day.
“Mr. Fine is a public servant in the finest tradition of honest. Competent governance,” Mattis wrote in an email to Yahoo News. “In my years of extensive engagement with him as our Department of Defense’s acting Inspector General, he proved to be a leader whose personal and managerial integrity were always of the highest order.”
Mattis, 69, a retired U.S. Marine Corps general, served as defense secretary from January 2017 to January 2019 – resigning after the president announced plans to pull U.S. troops from Syria.
But in a “Fox & Friends” interview last September, Mattis denied reports that he had a “tense” relationship with the president.
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