In an extraordinary letter Thursday, Lloyd Austin, Jim Mattis, Chuck Hagel, Leon Panetta, and William Perry, former defense ...

James Mattis and Lloyd Austin. “We, like many Americans — including many troops — are therefore left to conclude that these leaders are being fired for purely partisan reasons.” ...

Retired General Lloyd Austin, Joe Biden’s nominee for ... after having waived the same requirement for James Mattis four years ago. Granting two consecutive waivers was the wrong way to do ...

Jim Mattis, Trump’s defense secretary from ... who both served under Obama; and Lloyd Austin III, who served under Biden.

Four of the five served in the military, including two — Mattis and Austin — who were four-star generals. “The House and Senate should demand that the administration justify each firing and ...

Lloyd Austin, Jim Mattis, Chuck Hagel, Leon Panetta and William Perry, whose tenures as Defense secretaries spanned from 1994 ...