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    Angered by Mattis' rebuke, Trump forces him out by Jan. 1, two months early

    by Laura King and David S. Cloud, Los Angeles Times Dec 23, 2018 4 minutes

    WASHINGTON - Angered by Defense Secretary James N. Mattis' harsh rebuke last week, President Donald Trump on Sunday said he is ousting Mattis from his post two months earlier than planned and is instead naming the No. 2 Pentagon official to be acting secretary.

    Trump thus will have an acting White House chief of staff, acting attorney general and acting secretary of Defense as he heads into his third year in office, reflecting a tumultuous top-level churn as the administration grapples with a partial government shutdown, a plummeting stock market and the president's mounting legal woes.

    Trump announced that Patrick Shanahan, who spent three decades as

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