Retired general Mattis a top candidate for Pentagon chief

[JonLP24]

Source: Reuters

James Mattis, the blunt-spoken retired Marine Corps general who headed the U.S. military command covering the Middle East and Afghanistan, emerged on Sunday as a top candidate for defense secretary, with President-elect Donald Trump calling him "very impressive."

Trump, who was holding a series of meetings at his golf resort in Bedminster, New Jersey, with candidates for posts in his incoming administration, met on Saturday with Mattis and Mitt Romney, previously a Trump critic who now is under consideration for secretary of state.

Trump met on Sunday with billionaire investor Wilbur Ross and said he was considering him as commerce secretary. Asked whether he wanted the job, Ross told reporters: "Well, time will tell." Trump then met with Kansas Secretary of State Kris Kobach, a possible candidate for attorney general.

Former Texas Governor Rick Perry, who made an unsuccessful bid for the 2012 Republican presidential nomination, will meet with Trump on Monday and is being considered for Cabinet posts including defense, energy and veterans affairs positions, Trump's transition team said.

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[napi21]

1. Well, at least the Con seems to be interviewing a number of candidates for high positions.

I'm still giggling that there are sooo many different people wanting to be Sec of State! I bet a lot of them don't realize just how tough that job is.

[Zen Democrat]

2. What is this? Mattis has only been out of active duty 3 years. A 7-year separation is required

They are talking waiver ... but no other retired military brass got such a waiver before.

[drray23]

3. Flyn also will need a waiver.nt.

[LeftInTX]

5. Flynn's position doesn't require congressional approval

[drray23]

6. I know that but i think the seven year still apply.nt.

[winstars]

4. Wilbur Ross, another major league scumbag, Google him and mortgages... x wife Betsy, that crazy

woman on TV!!!