Pentagon chief Mattis quits in disagreement with Trump policies
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Pentagon chief Mattis quits in disagreement with Trump policies
Reuters By Phil Stewart and Steve Holland
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. Defense Secretary Jim Mattis abruptly said he was quitting on Thursday after falling out with President Donald Trump over his foreign policies, one day after Trump rebuffed top advisers and decided to pull all U.S. troops out of Syria.
Mattis announced plans to resign after a face-to-face meeting with Trump in which they aired their differences, a senior White House official said.
"Because you have a right to a Secretary of Defense whose views are better aligned with yours on these and other subjects, I believe it is right for me to step down from my position," Mattis said in his resignation letter, released by the Pentagon