Hey there, good morning, everyone, its friday, december 2 7bd. Im alex witt alongside ali velshi and louis burgdorf. President elect trump began his thank you tour. Trump made multiple diversions from his prepared remarks and about a half hour into his speech made the surprise announcement that james mattis is his choice for secretary of defense. Are we doing a good job with our cabinet and our people . I dont want to tell you this, because i want to save the suspense for next week, so i will not tell you that one of our great, great generals dont let it out tonight, right . We are going to appoint mad dog mattis as our secretary of defense. But were not announcing it till monday, so dont tell anybody. Mad dog. Hes great. Hes our best. They say hes the closest thing to general George Patton that we have, and its about time. Its about time. Mattis, who also went by the nickname warrior monk is revered in the marine corps. He headed u. S. Central command from 2010 to 2013. He has quoted
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