Thursday, December 20, 2018

Mattis to retire in February, Trump says

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Defense Secretary James Mattis will retire at the end of February, President Donald Trump tweeted on Thursday.

While the announcement came as a surprise, it has long been expected that Mattis would depart the Trump administration sometime after the November midterms. The move also comes amid uncertainty over the removal of U.S. troops from Syria, a decision Trump made over the advice of many military advisers.

“General Mattis was a great help to me in getting allies and other countries to pay their share of military obligations,” Trump tweeted. “A new Secretary of Defense will be named shortly.”

Article originally published on POLITICO Magazine

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Source: https://www.politico.com/story/2018/12/20/mattis-to-retire-in-february-trump-says-1072150
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