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Apparently Jim Mattis wasn’t on board with Trump’s Syria withdrawal after all

By Tiana Lowe Doescher

Published December 20, 2018 10:53pm ET

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Apparently Jim Mattis wasn’t on board with Trump’s Syria withdrawal after all — Defense Secretary Jim Mattis attends a meeting. | (AP Photo/Yong Teck Lim)

Another one bites the dust in the Trump administration with the impending departure of Defense Secretary Jim Mattis.

Trump, who of course announced Mattis’ retirement on Twitter, just lost the crown jewel of his national security apparatus.

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