U.S. President Donald Trump exits the Pentagon talking to Defense Secretary Jim Mattis on Jan. 27, 2017, in Washington, D.C. (Staff Sgt. Jette Carr/U.S. Air Force)
The Hill: Lawmakers press Trump to keep Mattis
President Trump may have signaled that he's grown lukewarm about his Pentagon chief James Mattis, but lawmakers are urging the president not to get rid of him.
Any effort to push Mattis out would be “very inappropriate and would not be helpful to national security,” Sen. Jack Reed (R.I.) told reporters this week.
Reed, the top Democrat on the Senate Armed Services Committee, said he believes other members of Congress would also push back on an effort to oust Mattis.
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WNU Editor: Pentagon chief James Mattis is not going to be fired.