An Aug. 10 report by a joint House panel on CentCom intelligence-skewing said Gen. Mattis "was forced to depart abruptly in early 2013."
"The leadership environment within CENTCOM and its Intelligence Directorate deteriorated significantly following the 2013 departure of Marine General James Mattis and his senior intelligence leaders," the report said.
The situation will not improve under President Shrillary:
As a senator in 2007, Mrs. Clinton famously ridiculed the testimony on the Iraq troop surge from Army Gen. David Petraeus.
"You have been made the de facto spokesman for what many of us believe to be a failed policy," Mrs. Clinton said. "Despite what I view as your rather extraordinary efforts in your testimony both yesterday and today, I think that the reports that you provide to us really require a willing suspension of disbelief."