US Army partners with Global Military Products to surge munitions production
Global Military Products was selected by the US Army to operate the Quad Cities Cartridge Case Facility and ramp up the production of various calibre shell cases.
US to work with allies after Iran pullout
The US will keep working with allies to prevent a nuclear Iran, Defense Secretary Jim Mattis said on 9 May, a day after President Donald Trump withdrew from a deal aimed at doing just that.
Mattis told a Senate panel: ‘We will continue to work alongside our allies and partners to ensure that Iran can never acquire a nuclear weapon, and will work with others to address the range of Iran’s malign influence.
‘This administration remains committed to putting the safety, interests and well-being of our citizens first.’
Mattis, a retired four-star general who saw his Marines killed by Tehran-backed militias in Iraq, has frequently lambasted Iranian actions in the Middle East.
But he has been a staunch advocate of working with allies and became a quiet defender of the Iran deal as Trump mulled pulling out.
In October 2017, he said it was in the US national interest to remain in the deal.
In January 2018, he said the Iran deal was ‘imperfect’ but added that ‘when America gives her word, we have to live up to it and work with our allies.’
In April 2018, he said the deal allowed for ‘pretty robust’ inspections of Iranian facilities.
Mattis risks being isolated by Trump’s more hardline coterie of advisors, including National Security Advisor John Bolton, an Iraq War-era hawk who has advocated military action in both Iran and North Korea.
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