Mattis sends final message to troops as defense secretary

James Mattis wished a Merry Christmas “to all you lads and lasses holding the line in 2018” in what was likely his final message to America’s troops as defense secretary. “Since Washington crossed the Delaware at Christmas in 1776, American troops have missed holidays at home to defend our experiment in democracy,” Mattis said in...

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