editor v’s comment ~ hmmm….perhaps a new job helping with the processing going on at GITMO? this movie sometimes has too many plot twists for me. as my girl said this morning – this is a movie of the rotten tomatoes and pretty flowers. the flowers are done with the tomatoes and want them to get off the stage so they can just be flowers again. [wp-svg-icons icon=”heart-2″ wrap=”i”]
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- Secretary of Defense James Mattis is resigning, effective at the end of February.
- President Trump announced that Mattis is retiring in a series of tweets on Thursday.
- While the president said Mattis is retiring, Mattis resigned because he felt Trump needs a secretary of defense whose views were more closely aligned with those of the president.
President Donald Trump announced via Twitter on Thursday that Secretary of Defense James Mattis will be stepping down at the end of February.
“General Jim Mattis will be retiring, with distinction, at the end of February, after having served my Administration as Secretary of Defense for the past two years,” the president tweeted.
“During Jim’s tenure, tremendous progress has been made, especially with respect to the purchase of new fighting equipment. General Mattis was a great help to me in getting allies and other countries to pay their share of military obligations. A new Secretary of Defense will be named shortly. I greatly thank Jim for his service!”
While the president said Mattis is retiring, Mattis’ resignation letter, a glaring critique of the presidency, clearly says that he is stepping down because of a difference of views between himself and the president, particularly when it comes to the security of international order, the treatment of allies, and the handling of American adversaries.
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