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Jim Mattis, Marine General Turned Defense Secretary, Will Leave Pentagon in February

FILE-- President Donald Trump and Defense Secretary Jim Mattis at the annual Army-Navy Collegiate football game at Lincoln Financial Field in Philadelphia, Dec. 8, 2018. Mattis, the four-star Marine general turned defense secretary, will retire at the end of February 2019, President Donald Trump said via Twitter on Dec. 20. (Tom Brenner/The New York Times)