I don’t get it. Why pick an Obama retread? Unless Mathis himself is a stealth Muslim sympathizer. I don’t know the man, and you can’t be too careful these days, with the whole FedGov overrun with Muzzie operatives.
Patterson, who served as U.S. ambassador to Egypt when the Muslim Brotherhood rose to power, advocated in favor of negotiating with the terror group. Her efforts drew outrage in the Egyptian reformist community, which still views Patterson as working to legitimize the Muslim Brotherhood.
As assistant secretary of state for near east affairs in the Obama administration, Patterson also led efforts to criticize Israeli authorities after they killed a Palestinian-American terrorist who was attempting to stab civilians.
Mattis, Trump pick for Pentagon, names Tel Aviv as Israeli capital