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    Former Defense Secretary Hagel On Mattis: 'I Don't Think Jim Had Any Choice'

    Jim Mattis resigned Thursday night as secretary of defense, following President Trump's decision to pull American forces out of Syria and Afghanistan.
    Dec 21, 2018 3 minutes
    Defense Secretary Jim Mattis arrives to brief House members on Yemen, Saudi Arabia and the murder of Saudi critic Jamal Khashoggi at the Capitol in Washington, D.C., on Dec. 13, 2018. (Mandel Ngan/AFP/Getty Images)

    Jim Mattis resigned Thursday night as secretary of defense, following President Trump’s decision to pull 7,000 troops out of Afghanistan and withdraw all American forces — around 2,000 troops — from Syria.

    Mattis disagreed with both of those troop decisions, writing in his resignation letter to Trump, “We must do everything possible to advance an international order that is most conducive to our security, prosperity and values, and we are strengthened in this effort by the solidarity of our alliances.”

    , who served as defense secretary

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