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KittyWampus

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1. Neither was Mattis.

Reply to erpowers (Original post)

Thu Feb 2, 2017, 08:57 PM

Feb 2017

deminks (8,611 posts)

4. Mattis was at the Alfalfa Club. He had to leave.

http://www.nbcnews.com/news/world/seal-american-girl-die-first-trump-era-u-s-military-n714346

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Defense Secretary James Mattis had to leave one of Washington's biggest annual social events, the Alfalfa Club Dinner, to deal with the repercussions, according to the official. He did not return.

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So he wasn't in the Situation Room either, at least for all of it.

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