Mattis, a retired four-star Marine Corps general and Pullman native, will receive the award at a ceremony at the John J. Hemmingson Center on the Gonzaga University campus. The event will also be livestreamed on TVW.
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In accepting the first Thomas S. Foley Award for Distinguished Public Service, former Secretary of Defense and retired general James Mattis called on those in the audience to reject political division and cynicism for this country.
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