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mattis was overruled by the president on syria. mattis reportedly wanted congressional approval before those strikes over the weekend. a pentagon spokeswoman shooting that report down, but in light of the president s remarks on syria, withdrawing troops, installing john bolton there, the hawkish national security adviser, should we expect a growing rift between this president and his defense secretary? well, craig, you put your finger on it. this isn t the first time that the president and defense secretary mattis has been on the opposite sides of an issue. in the previous context, which included the iran deal, included the paris climate change decision, which included troop escalation in afghanistan. in those cases, secretary mattis had secretary tillerson and the white house then white house national security adviser h.r. mcmaster on his same side. and now he does not.

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