Headline Roundup • December 21st, 2018
Secretary of Defense James Mattis Resigns
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Washington Times
Defense Secretary James Mattis, the last of a team President Trump dubbed “my generals,” will step down early next year amid deepening rifts with the White House on crucial foreign policy matters, marking the departure of an original Trump Cabinet member and creating a leadership void at the Pentagon at a critical time for the president at home and abroad.
Wall Street Journal (News)
In letter to Trump, Marine veteran said president had right to a secretary ‘whose views are better aligned with yours’.
Washington Post
Defense Secretary James Mattis, the last of a team President Trump dubbed “my generals,” will step down early next year amid deepening rifts with the White House on crucial foreign policy matters, marking the departure of an original Trump Cabinet member and creating a leadership void at the Pentagon at a critical time for the president at home and abroad.
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