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epa05642183 A photograph made available on 22 November 2016 shows James N. Mattis (C) US Marine General, aboard the USS Peleliu in the Arabian Sea on 24 November 2001, briefing journalists just prior to the US Marines going ashore to establish the first acknowledged US troops on the ground in Afghanistan. Mattis, also known as 'Mad Dog', has been named as US President-elect Donald Trump's top contender to fill the Secretary of Defense post in the new administration. EPA/JIM HOLLANDER