Trump picks retired Marine Gen. James Mattis for secretary of defense

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Posted on AllSides December 2, 2016

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President-elect Donald Trump said Thursday he has chosen retired Marine Gen. James N. Mattis, who has said that responding to “political Islam” is the major security issue facing the United States, to be secretary of defense.

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