Detailed text transcripts for TV channel - CNN - 20181223:21:02:00
Mattis and told him the proposed end february date to leave the pentagon wouldn't work. the president wanted him out by january 1st. the more public reason is that the white house felt such a long transition period would leave mattis as a lame duck. reality is that the president had, indeed, become irritated with the extensive news coverage about mattis' departure. the big question now, who is patrick shanahan, who will work as acting secretary of defense? a 30-year veteran of boeing, working on commercial airplanes and military programs. he came here with the trump administration and as deput...
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