reynolds on hemingway the spy. sunday night at 8:30, part of american history tv. this weekend on c-span 3. >> general james mattis is in charge of military operations in the middle east, he spoke in a conference in ottawa, this is just over an hour. >> ladies and gentlemen, let me briefly refresh your memory of the background of the next speaker, you have it in your program. >> translator: willihile visiti our conference, general james mattis is now commandser, of the u.s. central command in the u.s. >> he is a u.s. marine corp general officer who served in 2007 to 2009, in which capacity he graced our speaker's platform at our 2009 july general meeting. we are delighted to welcome him back in his capacity as commandser, u.s., central command, ladies and gentlemen, please join me in welcoming general mattis to our podium. [ applause ] >> thank you, ladies and gentlemen, and for all of you, it's great to be back here once again. general walt, and general sir david and all of you, dr. coenthank you for asking me back, in light of some of my remarks i do not get invited back. i have to recognize my old friend