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Among Trump aides, Mattis emerges as a key voice on national security issues
“You’re seeing the effects of his influence because he does have a worldview that is defined and also because of the structural differences in this administration,” which has moved decision-making power away from the White House to agencies like the Pentagon, said Richard Fontaine, president of the Center for a New American Security.