Mattis Works Xmas, Sends Final Message To Troops

December 25, 2018 Military, Politics

Politico reports:

Defense Secretary James Mattis wished U.S. troops a merry Christmas and worked Christmas Day after President Trump pushed the secretary out two months earlier than he planned to resign.

“To those in the field or at sea, ‘keeping watch by night’ this holiday season, you should recognize that you carry on the proud legacy of those who stood the watch in decades past,” Mattis wrote in a holiday letter to U.S. troops.

“In this world awash in change, you hold the line. Storm clouds loom, yet because of you, your fellow citizens live safe at home. Merry Christmas and may God hold you safe,” Mattis concluded.

Defense Secretary James Mattis is in his third floor Pentagon office on Christmas Day working.

— Barbara Starr (@barbarastarrcnn) December 25, 2018

Mattis sends Christmas message to troops days after announcing resignation: "You hold the line" https://t.co/cmS05KWAkT pic.twitter.com/cmC7XSwFd5

— The Hill (@thehill) December 25, 2018