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Following Mattis' Resignation, An In-Depth Look At His Career

Published December 20, 2018 at 6:33 PM EST

President Trump's Defense Secretary has resigned. NPR's Mary Louise Kelly speaks with New Yorker staff writer Dexter Filkins. In 2017 Filkins wrote an in-depth profile of the former Marine Corps general.

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