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He said that all NATO could do was remind Putin that it is a nuclear-armed alliance. Its message was that Russia should not even think about it

US Defence Secretary Jim Mattis will visit India and hold talks with Prime Minister Narendra Modi

They also discussed the cooperation between India and U.S., regionally and globally, in pursuing shared priorities for peace

Mattis, who led the US forces into Afghanistan in the aftermath of the 9/11 attacks, has a decade of experience of interacting with the military leadership in Pakistan

Donald Trump on Sunday announced he would replace Defence Secretary Jim Mattis with his deputy Patrick Shanahan, days after the outgoing Pentagon chief quit while citing key policy differences with the US president. "I am pleased to announce that our very talented Deputy Secretary of Defense, Patrick Shanahan, will assume the title of Acting Secretary of Defense starting January 1, 2019," the Republican leader tweeted, accelerating Mattis's planned departure by two months. "Patrick has a long list of accomplishments while serving as Deputy, & previously Boeing.

The catalyst for Mattis's departure was Trump's abrupt decision to withdraw all 2,000 US troops from Syria

President Trump appointed more generals to senior positions than any other modern president. But with the resignation of Jim Mattis, no will generals remain

Jim Mattis exit was prompted by the decision by the president to pull all of the approximately 2,000 US troops from the fight against the Islamic State group in northeastern Syria

Mattis told Trump it was the 'right time' for him to step down because the US president deserved a defence secretary 'whose views are better aligned with yours on these and other subjects'

India needs a presidential waiver to get around the punitive CAATSA sanctions

At least two other people died during the attack inside a fortified government compound in Kandahar city that targetted a high-level security meeting

Long a champion of alliances and diplomacy, Mattis increasingly finds himself surrounded by policy hawks on issues from Iran to North Korea

Pentagon had started transferring small arms, vehicles in May