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While the U.S. remains the indispensable nation in the free world, we cannot protect our interests or serve that role effectively without maintaining strong alliances and showing respect to those allies," he said.
Because you have the right to have 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.
General Mattis was a great help to me in getting allies and other countries to pay their share of military obligations," he said. "I greatly thank Jim for his service!"
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