Mattis to leave next week, months earlier than planned

A Trump administration official says Defense chief James Mattis will leave as of January 1, some two months before his planned departure of February 28.

Trump will name Deputy Secretary of Defense Patrick Shanahan as acting secretary on January 1.

— AP

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