Defense One: Mattis to Generals: Start Talking to the Press
Nine months into the Trump administration, Mattis tells senior military leaders to engage with the media, but stay in their lanes.
It’s time to talk. In the age of Trump, senior U.S. military leaders have generally kept a lower public profile than usual, seeking to avoid the hyperactive state of politics and the press. That’s about to change.
On Friday, Defense Secretary Jim Mattis instructed top commanders to speak to the media more freely, Defense One has learned.
The secretary is hoping to end a misperception among some senior leaders that they should keep quiet, in part because he wants them to speak up on the looming budget battle in Congress, according to a senior defense official.
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Update: Jim Mattis encourages top military leaders to open up to the press (Washington Examiner)
WNU Editor: This is a welcome changed. When General McChrystal was fired after speaking to a Rolling Stone Reporter on what he thought about President Obama, the flow of information from U.S. Generals to the media stopped, a point that I made very clear in 2010 .... After The Firing Of General McChrystal, Generals Are Now Being Very Careful On What They Say (October 20, 2017). The public needs to know on what our generals think .... shutting this line of communications did no one any good, and the only ones who benefited were the politicians. Kudos to Secretary of Defense Mattis for making this announcement.
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All the generals have PAOs, so they should be set.
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