“Unleash us from the tether of fuel, ” their then commander in Iraq, General James Mattis, later pleaded.

“让我们摆脱燃料的束缚吧”，他们那时在伊拉克的指挥官James Mattis将军，后来这样呼吁道。

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marine general James Mattis. The French general is the first non-US commander assuming a top NATO command in the alliance's history.

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James Mattis, commander of the U.S. Central Command, said more aircraft would be required than deployed on a single carrier.

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The US Marine Corps last year had to publicly upbraid Lt Gen James Mattis after he cheerfully admitted on a panel discussion that he enjoyed war.

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We're partial to General James Mattis, who previously ran the Marine component of Central Command, served tours in Iraq and Afghanistan, and helped write the Army's counterinsurgency manual with General Petraeus.

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