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‘Honest, competent’: Mattis pushes back on Trump over decision to remove inspector general

By Zach Halaschak
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‘Honest, competent’: Mattis pushes back on Trump over decision to remove inspector general

Former Secretary of Defense Jim Mattis offered praise for the acting Pentagon inspector general, who was charged with overseeing the coronavirus stimulus, that President Trump fired.

Mattis, who was the secretary from 2017 until his resignation in 2019, offered praise for Glenn Fine in a Tuesday statement to Yahoo News.

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