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Jim Mattis has the highest approval rating in Trump’s Cabinet, survey finds

By Anna Giaritelli

Published March 21, 2018 2:22pm ET

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Jim Mattis has the highest approval rating in Trump’s Cabinet, survey finds — U.S. Defense Secretary Jim Mattis arrives in Kabul, Afghanistan, on Tuesday, March 13, 2018. Mattis said Tuesday he believes victory in Afghanistan is still possible â not necessarily on the battlefield but in facilitating a Taliban reconciliation with the Afghan government. | (AP Photo/Robert Burns)

Defense Secretary Jim Mattis leads the pack as the most-approved-of member of President Trump’s Cabinet, according to a new survey released Wednesday.

Slightly more than one-third of registered voters, 35 percent, are happy with the retired Marine Corps general compared to 19 percent who are not, based on a Morning Consult and Politico survey conducted March 15-19.

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