Mattis begins work without his team in place

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When Defense Secretary James Mattis reports to work at his Pentagon office Monday, he will be surround by dozens of vacant offices with empty desks.

As the sole confirmed political appointee of the Trump administration in the sprawling building, he will be largely without his own team, which will be assembled in the next weeks and months.

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