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Carter Expects US Defense Secretary Nominee Mattis to Be Confirmed by Senate

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US Secretary of Defense Ashton Carter said Thursday he expects the US Senate to confirm James Mattis as the next head of the Pentagon. 15.12.2016, Sputnik International

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Carter Expects US Defense Secretary Nominee Mattis to Be Confirmed by Senate

16:06 GMT 15.12.2016 (Updated: 11:26 GMT 06.08.2022)

Gen. James Mattis, the former head of U.S. Central Command - Sputnik International

US Secretary of Defense Ashton Carter said Thursday he expects the US Senate to confirm James Mattis as the next head of the Pentagon.

U.S. Marine Corps four-star general James Mattis arrives to address at the pre-trial hearing of Marine Corps Sgt. Frank D. Wuterich at Camp Pendleton, California U.S in a March 22, 2010 file photo - Sputnik International

What's Behind Trump's Nomination of 'Mad Dog' Mattis as Pentagon Chief

7 December 2016, 18:45 GMT

WASHINGTON (Sputnik) — On December 7, President-elect Donald Trump officially announced that Mattis, who served as US commander in Afghanistan and Iraq in 2010-2013, was his pick for the defense secretary job.

"In our system they [defense secretaries] need to get confirmed. I expect he will be," Carter stated at a joint press conference with the UK Defense Secretary Michael Fallon in London.

Mattis has also served as US Central Command chief and a NATO commander.