Gillibrand won't support waiver after Mattis meeting

Meeting with retired Gen. Jim Mattis on Wednesday did not convince Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand, D-N.Y., that he should serve as defense secretary in the next administration.

Gillibrand praised the former four-star general for his military service and “thoughtful ideas” on national security following a 45-minute meeting in her Capitol Hill office. But said she will not support a waiver of the law requiring a seven-year break between military service and taking a job as the civilian defense secretary. Mattis retired from the Marine Corps in 2013.