Subject: BREAKING NEWS: Trump taps Mattis as defense secretary
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Date: Thu, 01 Dec 2016 19:24:36 -0600
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President-elect Donald Trump has picked retired Marine Gen. James Mattis to be his secretary of Defense, tapping yet another outspoken ex-military leader who butted heads with the Obama administration to shape and carry out his national security strategy.

The nomination is unusual because Mattis would be only the second retired general to become the civilian leader of the military - and would require a special waiver from Congress. 

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