Rep. Mac Thornberry, the chairman of the House Armed Services Committee, offered some advice Tuesday to President Trump about rumors that Defense Secretary Jim Mattis may soon leave the administration.

“The president does not ask my advice. If he were to ask my advice, I would say keep Secretary Mattis there as long as you possibly can,” Thornberry told a gathering of defense reporters.

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