U.S. Secretary of Defense James Mattis attends the joint press conference after the 49th Security Consultative Meeting (SCM) at Defense Ministry on October 28, 2017 in Seoul, South Korea. Mattis is in South Korea ahead of the visit by U.S. President Donald Trump./Song Kyung-Seok-Pool/Getty Image
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Surrounded by hawks, Mattis digs in amid Trump admin chaos
- Defense Secretary James Mattis is doing his best to downplay notions that he is concerned about working with President Donald Trump's hawkish new national security adviser John Bolton despite signs of a shifting power dynamic at the highest levels of the administration and strong indications that the two men could clash over key issues like North Korea and Iran.
