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Ex-Defense Sec. Mattis Responds to Trump Calling …

Gen. James Mattis is seen in an undated photo. (Credit: CNN)

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Trump Asks Senate to Confirm Mark Esper as Unprecedented …

Acting U.S. Secretary for Defense Mark Esper gives a news conference during the NATO Defense Ministers meeting in Brussels on June 27, 2019. (Credit: ARIS OIKONOMOU/AFP/Getty Images)

Acting Secretary of Defense Patrick Shanahan Withdraws …

U.S. Acting Secretary of Defense Patrick Shanahan delivers remarks during a Memorial Day ceremony at Arlington National Cemetery on May 27, 2019. (Credit: Tom Brenner/Getty Images)

Trump Is Fraying Nerves Inside the Pentagon

Donald Trump speaks to members of the media as Vice President Mike Pence looks on after a meeting at the Pentagon July 20, 2017 in Arlington, Virginia. (Credit: Alex Wong/Getty Images)

Pentagon Chief of Staff Kevin Sweeney Resigns

The U.S. Department of Defense seal is seen on the lectern in the media briefing room at the Pentagon Dec. 12, 2013, in Washington, D.C. (Credit: Paul J. Richards/AFP/Getty Images)

Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell ‘Distressed’ Over …

Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell talks to reporters with Sen. John Thune following the weekly Senate Republican policy luncheon in the U.S. Capitol Nov. 27, 2018, in Washington, D.C. (Credit: Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)

Mattis Abruptly Resigns, Saying Trump Needs Defense Secretary …

Secretary of Defense James Mattis testifies during a Senate Appropriations Subcommittee on Defense hearing on May 9, 2018, in Washington, D.C. (Credit: Zach Gibson/Getty Images)

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Pompeo, Mattis Defend U.S.-Saudi Ties Amid Senate …

U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo walks to a briefing with members of the Senate to discuss developments in Saudi Arabia on Nov. 28, 2018. (Credit: Zach Gibson/Getty Images)

U.S. Military Moving Equipment to Border as Caravan …

Honduran migrants heading in a caravan to the U.S., await at the roadside to get a ride, near Pijijiapan, southern Mexico on Oct. 26, 2018. (Credit: GUILLERMO ARIAS/AFP/Getty Images)

With Slow-Moving Migrant Caravan Some 1,000 Miles …

In this file photo, U.S. Border Patrol agents ride their ATV's along a stretch of the U.S.-Mexico border on April 17, 2018. (Credit: HERIKA MARTINEZ/AFP/Getty Images)

High-Ranking Trump Administration Officials Deny …

Defense Secretary James Mattis, far right, Secretary of State Mike Pompeo, second right, and Vice President Mike Pence, seated next to President Trump, have all denied writing an anonymous op-ed in the New York Times. They are seen in this file photo from May 17, 2018. (Credit: Andrew Harrer-Pool/Getty Images)

U.S. Defense Secretary James Mattis Meets With Chinese …

U.S. Defense Secretary Jim Mattis, left, inspects and honour guard during a welcome ceremony at the Bayi Building in Beijing on June 27, 2018. (Credit: Mark Schiefelbein/AFP/Getty Images)

Defense Secretary James Mattis: DHS Wants 2 Temporary …

Secretary of Defense James Mattis testifies during a Senate Appropriations Subcommittee on Defense hearing on May 9, 2018, in Washington, D.C. (Credit: Zach Gibson/Getty Images)

North Korea Will Not Get Sanctions Relief Unless …

Secretary of Defense James Mattis testifies during a Senate Appropriations Subcommittee on Defense hearing on May 9, 2018, in Washington, D.C. (Credit: Zach Gibson/Getty Images)