In this episode of Uncommon Knowledge with Peter Robinson from March of 2015, retired four-star general and Secretary of Defense James Mattis discusses the role of the military, the role of the men who serve in the military, the role of military commanders, and the role of domestic leadership in the United States with regard to protecting its national interests. Mattis describes the reality of the continuing fight in Afghanistan.
General Mattis retired from the Marine Corps as a full general in 2013, where he served as the eleventh commander of the United States Central Command. He also served as the commander for NATO supreme allied transformation, and as commander of the United States Joint Forces Command. Mattis was an Annenberg Distinguished Visiting Fellow at the Hoover Institution.
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