Defense Secretary Jim Mattis Meets With Canada’s Minister of National Defense Harjit Sajjan At The Pentagon

Mattis Meets Canadian Defense Minister

Defense Secretary Jim Mattis meets with Canada’s Minister of National Defense Harjit Sajjan at the Pentagon in Washington, D.C., Feb. 6, 2017. DoD photo by Air Force Tech. Sgt. Brigitte N. Brantley

Alex Panetta, The Canadian Press/Macleans: James ‘Mad Dog’ Mattis voices his love for Canadian troops

In contrast to Trump’s tough talk for his NATO allies, Harjit Sajjan has positive meeting with U.S. defence secretary.

WASHINGTON – A first meeting between Donald Trump’s defence secretary and his Canadian counterpart began well on Monday — so well that, within just a few seconds, there was already talk of kissing and hugging.

Newly sworn-in U.S. defence secretary James Mattis says he’s so grateful for Canadian soldiers in Afghanistan he could have smooched them on sight.

At a meeting at the Pentagon, the retired general — nicknamed “Mad Dog” — said there’s a reason his first phone call to a foreign counterpart was to Canada’s Defence Minister Harjit Sajjan. The U.S. and Canadian military have been close allies since the Second

World War, he said, and he experienced that bond personally in Afghanistan.

He noted that his own unit in Kandahar was relieved by Canadian soldiers from Princess Patricia’s Canadian Light Infantry.

“They were a welcome sight,” Mattis said as the meeting with Sajjan began.

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WNU Editor: This was a soldier to soldier meeting.