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James Mattis

Official Department of Defense portrait of James Mattis.
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Trump's first secretary of defense, who resigned in December 2018 citing the president's right to a secretary whose views were better aligned.

Relationship to Trumpdefense secretary in Trump's first administrationpolitical / 2 sources

Status

  1. Former defense secretaryoffice / 2017-01-20–2018-12-312 sources · Lead source

Exact relationships

  1. Donald J. Trump

    Relationship to Trumpdefense secretary in Trump's first administration

    politicalOpen evidence · 2 sourcesdocumented
  2. Donald J. Trump

    former defense secretary who resigned over policy differences

    politicalOpen evidence · 2 sourcesdocumented

Record timeline

  1. Mattis becomes Trump's first defense secretarydefense secretary in Trump's first administration · documented · 2 sources
  2. Mattis resigns over differences with Trumpformer defense secretary who resigned over policy differences · documented · 2 sources