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| Trump's Pentagon pick accuses Iran of ‘biggest destabilizing force’ in Middle East |
| 2017-01-13 |
| [Iran Press TV] US President-elect Donald Trump ...New York real estate developer, described by Dems as illiterate, racist, misogynistic, and what ever other unpleasant descriptions they can think of, elected by the rest of us as 45th President of the United States... 's nominee to lead the Defense Department, retired Marine General James Mattis, has told Congress that Iran is the "biggest destabilizing force in the Middle East." During his Senate confirmation hearing on Thursday, "Mad Dog" Mattis said the United States needs to forge a strategy to "checkmate Iran’s goal for regional hegemony." "Iran is the biggest destabilizing force in the Middle East and its policies are contrary to our interests," Mattis told the Senate Armed Services Committee. Mattis provided members of the committee a 56-page document that is intended to serve as a guide to politicians who will be questioning him, and it will become part of the permanent hearing record. "Iranian malign influence in the region is growing," he wrote in the document. The Senate on Thursday passed a waiver to a law, which bars military officers to serve as the civilian head of the Pentagon within seven years of their military service, for Mattis to become secretary of defense by a vote of 81 to 17. He retired from the Marine Corps in 2013. |
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