A Quote by Michele Flournoy
[James Mattis] is a student of history. He's a strategic thinker.
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I spent 22 years in the United States military, so I'm a pretty strategic level thinker.
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Michele Flournoy, by the way, is not just a talented and bright person. She was Hillary Clinton's secretary of defense in-waiting. So for her to give General [James] Mattis her support, that says something significant.
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