Headline RoundupOctober 18th, 2019

Mattis Lambasts Trump

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Former U.S. Defense Secretary Jim Mattis castigated President Donald Trump, his former boss, during a speech at the 74th Alfred E. Smith Memorial Foundation Dinner. The speech saw Mattis take shots at President Trump after he called Mattis an "overrated general," and for using a doctor's note to get out of the military draft. Mattis is a four-star general who was nicknamed "mad dog" by Trump; Mattis said that he felt "more like an emotional support animal." This was the first time Mattis publicly spoke out against the president.

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