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US Senate Committee Votes to Pass Waiver for Defense Secretary Nominee Mattis

© AFP 2023 / Mandel NGANRetired Marine Corps general James Mattis testifies before the Senate Armed Services Committee on his nomination to be the next secretary of defense in the Dirksen Senate Office Building on Capitol Hill in Washington, DC on January 12, 2017
Retired Marine Corps general James Mattis testifies before the Senate Armed Services Committee on his nomination to be the next secretary of defense in the Dirksen Senate Office Building on Capitol Hill in Washington, DC on January 12, 2017 - Sputnik International
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The move brings retired Gen. James Mattis closer to becoming the US secretary of defense.

WASHINGTON (Sputnik) — The US Senate Armed Services Committee (SASC) voted on Thursday in favor of granting the nominee for US Secretary of Defense Gen. James Mattis a waiver to exempt him form obligatory relief period following service in the military.

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