Pentagon chief Mattis quits in disagreement with Trump policies

Mattis announced plans to resign after a face-to-face meeting with Trump in which they aired their differences, a senior White House official said. "Because you have a right to a Secretary of Defense whose views are better aligned with yours on these and other subjects, I believe it is right for me to step down from my position," Mattis said in his resignation letter, released by the Pentagon. Trump announced on Wednesday that U.S. troops in Syria would be withdrawn, a decision that upended American policy in the region.

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