James Mattis Is Not America’s ’Indispensable Man’The American Spectator

James Mattis Is Not America’s ’Indispensable Man’The American Spectator: Secretary of Defense James Mattis is leaving. As with every one of these outgoing Trump appointees, the “mainstream” media has gone into a full meltdown upon their announced departure (despite, in most cases, that same media having lambasted those appointees for having taken the job in the first place). And, there can be no doubt that the loss of James Mattis at the Pentagon will see the loss of a truly steady and seasoned military hand at a critical juncture. Mattis has served his country with distinction. I know several Marines who served with Mattis throughout his career — notably