I hope it is fake news, but Mattis did want to hire Anne Patterson, so his judgment is questionable.
Maybe somebody said they were “called” and New York times reports somebody said they were “appalled.”
He can be all the appalled he wants to be so long as he complies and does not “slow-walk.”
Red flag
Uniparty brain washing to demand the integration of mental illness into the military...if he really said all this to the Times. Who knows if the report is even true.