So I asked Gen. Mattis’s crew at Joint Forces Command what to make of the speculation that Mattis could step into Gen. McChrystal’s position. Here’s what I got:

The general declined my interview request, but his chief of media operations at Joint Forces Command, Kathleen Jabs, issued me the following statement: “General Mattis serves at the pleasure of the President, and is completely focused on his assignment as Commander, U.S. Joint Forces Command.”

You tell me…