Mattis pinpoints ‘increasing contempt’ between Americans as major national security threat

Published September 8, 2019 7:05pm ET



Former Secretary of Defense James Mattis cautioned that the internal strife roiling the country between those who disagree politically is serious enough to be considered a national security threat.

CBS’ Face the Nation host Margaret Brennan asked Mattis on Sunday what he thinks is the biggest national security threat to the United States, to which the retired Marine Corps general responded, “I think the biggest national security threat can be broken into two segments.”

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