Nov 15, 2018
WASHINGTON | Mattis compares border mission to one against Pancho Villa
WASHINGTON | Mattis compares border mission to one against Pancho Villa
WASHINGTON— Defense Secretary Jim Mattis defended the use of active duty troops on the U.S.-Mexican border, saying that in some ways it provides good training for war. He argued that it’s analogous to a 1916 deployment to counter the Mexican revolutionary Gen.
Francisco “Pancho” Villa.
Speaking to reporters Wednesday on his way to visit U.S. troops along the border in south Texas, Mattis declined…
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