Headline RoundupDecember 2nd, 2016
General Mattis Tapped for Defense
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President-elect Donald Trump kicked off his post-election "Thank You" tour Thursday by announcing that he would nominate retired Marine Gen. James Mattis as secretary of defense. At a rally in Cincinnati, he added that a formal announcement would be made Monday, "so don't tell anybody."
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Trump picks General 'Mad Dog' Mattis as defense secretaryPolitico
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Mattis would be only the second retired general to become the civilian leader of the military.
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Trump picks retired Marine Gen. James Mattis for secretary of defenseWashington Post
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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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Donald Trump announces James Mattis as his new Pentagon chiefWashington Times
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As he kicked off his post-election thank-you tour in Cincinnati, President-elect Donald Trump announced — sort of — that he was naming U.S. Marine Corps Gen. James N. Mattis as defense secretary. But he told the crowd and the TV cameras not to let it out of the room.
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