[Trump Girl Kit Cat]

WTH???? Maybe Mattis wants her OUT of the pentagon, so ship her ass to Egypt!! Maybe she will quit!!!

[RummyChick]

The only good news I see on FR are the immigration stories of people getting kicked out.

I am so sick of problems everywhere....

Mattis fighting for this chick is yet another problem

[catbertz]

Lots of curious activity. I raise an eyebrow, and hope that Trump isn’t being sandbagged by his own people.

[pgkdan]

Most D.C. Republicans will (privately) side with Mattis in a conflict with Trump on the theory that a four-star Marine who’s spent decades interacting with international players probably knows defense policy better than the newbie president. But not this time:

Maybe DC Republicans but not rank and file. we elected Donald J. Trump and we want HIM to call the shots. If Mattis can't follow the President's orders he knows what his next step should be.

[Truth29]

This is one of those situations where I wonder what is not being reported. It sounds counter productive and dangerous to the new Administration on the surface.

[Lazamataz]

Might be that Mattis needs to go.

[petitfour]

Interestink. Was she part of the video did it fairy tale?

[M. Thatcher]

White House blocks Mattis from appointing Obama’s ambassador to Egypt as Defense deputy

Thank goodness.

[mbrfl]

Jack Keane was Trump`s first choice for SecOfDef, but he declined for personal reasons. He seemed to me to have a world view that was closer to Trump`s than Mattis. Keane still advises Trump, as I understand it.