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On the recordDecember 19, 2018
This was the straw that broke the camel's back.
Said by
Jack Reed
Democratic · Rhode Island

Editor's note · Context

Jack Reed discusses the turning point in Secretary Mattis's relationship with the President, indicating that Mattis could no longer serve due to the President's wrong-headed policies.

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