Washington Post | Trump's defense chief, in Iraq, says: We're not here for your oil Reuters BAGHDAD The U.S. military is not in Iraq "to seize anybody's oil", Defense Secretary Jim Mattis said, distancing himself from remarks by President Donald Trump before arriving on an unannounced visit to Baghdad on Monday. Mattis, on his first trip to ... US Defense Secretary Mattis: No Plan to Seize Iraqi Oil Mattis Says US Isn't in Iraq to Take its Oil 'We're not in Iraq to seize anybody's oil:' Pentagon chief arrives in Iraq with a message of cooperation |