James Mattis, Outspoken Ex-Marine, Is Trump's Choice as Defense Secretary

James Mattis, Outspoken Ex-Marine, Is Trump's Choice as Defense Secretary

WASHINGTON - President-elect Donald J. Trump said on Thursday he had chosen James N. Mattis, a hard-charging retired general who led a Marine division to Baghdad during the 2003 invasion of Iraq, to serve as his secretary of defense. Mr. Trump made the announcement at a rally in Cincinnati, calling General Mattis "the closest thing we have to Gen.

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