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General, not out of service for longer than seven years, that would require a waiver from congress. the reason for that is the head of the pentagon must be a civilian in the u.s., and so, therefore, general mattis is a civilian today a retired general, but theres a need for some space and some time after military service to be considered for the pentagon. so that can be handled through a congressional waiver, if it were to come to that. of course, there are other positions in the administration ...
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