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FILE - In this March 23, 2018 file photo, Defense Secretary Jim Mattis, left, and Vice President Mike Pence, right, listen to President Donald Trump, center, speaks in the Diplomatic Room of the White House in Washington. Mattis warns bitter political divisions have pushed American society to the “breaking point” in his most extensive public remarks since he resigned in protest from the Trump administration. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)

Donald Trump fires back at ‘overrated’ James Mattis: ‘Glad he is gone!’

By Dave Boyer - The Washington Times

FILE - In this Oct. 23, 2018 file photo, Defense Secretary Jim Mattis speaks beside President Donald Trump, during a briefing with senior military leaders in the Cabinet Room at the White House in Washington. In Trump’s America, is anyone listening to the conservative wise men who damn him with faint, coded criticism? (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta, File)

Analysis: Trump’s conservative critics are speaking a code

By CALVIN WOODWARD - Associated Press

In this Oct. 23, 2018, file photo, then-Defense Secretary Jim Mattis speaks beside President Donald Trump, during a briefing with senior military leaders in the Cabinet Room at the White House in Washington. Mattis warns bitter political divisions have pushed American society to the “breaking point” in his most extensive public remarks since he resigned in protest from the Trump administration. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta) ** FILE **

Though comments veiled, Mattis repudiates former boss Trump

By ROBERT BURNS - Associated Press

FILE - In this April 26, 2018, file photo, Defense Secretary Jim Mattis listens to a question during a hearing on Capitol Hill in Washington. Mattis warns bitter political divisions have pushed American society to the “breaking point” in his most extensive public remarks since he resigned in protest from the Trump administration. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin, File)

Ex-Pentagon chief Mattis says bitter politics threaten US

By ROBERT BURNS - Associated Press

FILE - In this Wednesday, Nov. 28, 2018, file photo, then-Secretary of Defense Jim Mattis speaks with reporters before welcoming Lithuanian Minister of National Defense Raimundas Karoblis to the Pentagon in Washington. Former Secretary of Defense Jim Mattis has a book coming, but he warns it will not be a “tell-all” about President Donald Trump. (AP Photo/Cliff Owen, File)

Ex-defense secretary Jim Mattis has book coming this summer

By HILLEL ITALIE - Associated Press

President Donald Trump with Secretary of Defense Jim Mattis, right, speaks during a cabinet meeting in the Cabinet Meeting Room of the White House in Washington, Wednesday, Dec. 6, 2017. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta) **FILE**

Jim Mattis: Those who want ‘Call Sign Chaos’ to be anti-Trump ‘tell-all’ will be ‘disappointed’

By Douglas Ernst - The Washington Times

In this Jan. 28, 2019, file photo, acting Defense Secretary Pat Shanahan speaks with the media as he waits for the arrival of NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg at the Pentagon in Washington. President Donald Trump on May 9, said he will nominate Shanahan to be his second secretary of defense. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon, File)

Trump to nominate Shanahan for top Pentagon post

By ROBERT BURNS and LOLITA C. BALDOR - Associated Press

Mattis returning to research role at Stanford think tank

Associated Press

FILE - In this Feb. 11, 2019, photo, acting Defense Secretary Patrick Shanahan, left, arrives in Kabul, Afghanistan to consult with Army Gen. Scott Miller, right, commander of U.S. and coalition forces, and senior Afghan government leaders. Shanahan, the former Boeing executive, was in a familiar place, aboard an airplane, when he got word of a bolt-from-the-blue political shot across his bow. A key senator seemed to have buried Shanahan’s chances of being nominated as the next secretary of defense. The crisis passed, but it highlighted the precarious position Shanahan occupies as he waits for President Donald Trump to decide who he will successor to Jim Mattis as leader of the Pentagon. (AP Photo/Robert Burns)

The precarious perch of a potential Pentagon chief

By ROBERT BURNS - Associated Press

President Donald Trump speaks during an event in the Rose Garden at the White House to declare a national emergency in order to build a wall along the southern border, Friday, Feb. 15, 2019, in Washington. (AP Photo/ Evan Vucci)

Shanahan says he hasn’t determined amount for border wall

By BOB BURNS - Associated Press

The Latest: Kansas Rep. Marshall considering Senate race

Associated Press

In this Sept. 21, 2018, file photo, Defense Secretary Jim Mattis speaks during the 2018 POW/MIA National Recognition Day Ceremony at the Pentagon. Outgoing Defense Secretary Mattis is quoting President Abraham Lincoln in a farewell message to defense employees, urging them to stay focused on their mission. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh, File)

The Latest: Trump says he fired Mattis, who left over Syria

Associated Press

In this photo provided by the Department of Defense, Defense Secretary Jim Mattis' farewell message is seen Monday, Dec. 31, 2018. On his final day as secretary of defense, Jim Mattis is urging all Pentagon employees, military and civilian, to &quot;hold fast&quot; in defense of the country. Mattis submitted his resignation on Dec. 20, 2018, and was in effect fired by President Donald Trump three days later. He was working in the Pentagon on Monday and preparing to hand off his duties at midnight to Deputy Secretary Patrick Shanahan. (Department Defense via AP)

Trump gives new Pentagon chief a taste of his world view

By ROBERT BURNS - Associated Press

FILE - In this Sept. 21, 2018, file photo, Defense Secretary Jim Mattis reviews the troops during the 2018 POW/MIA National Recognition Day Ceremony at the Pentagon. Outgoing Defense Secretary Jim Mattis is quoting President Abraham Lincoln in a farewell message to defense employees, urging them to stay focused on their mission. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh, File)

Leaving Pentagon, Mattis urges workers to ‘keep faith’ in US

By ROBERT BURNS - Associated Press

FILE - In this Oct. 2, 2018, file photo, President Donald Trump arrives to speak at a campaign rally at the Landers Center Arena in Southaven, Miss. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci, File)

NKorea, Kavanaugh, all those Trump tweets and more in 2018

By CALVIN WOODWARD - Associated Press

FILE - In this April 9, 2018, file photo, Deputy Secretary of Defense Patrick Shanahan, right, listen as President Donald Trump speaks during a cabinet meeting at the White House, in Washington. A U.S. administration official says that Defense Secretary Jim Mattis will leave his post Jan. 1, 2019, as Trump is expected to name Shanahan as acting secretary. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci, File)

Mattis’ permanent replacement likely to face close scrutiny

By LOLITA C. BALDOR - Associated Press

As Agriculture Secretary Sonny Perude watches, President Donald Trump speaks during a signing ceremony for H.R. 2, the &quot;Agriculture Improvement Act of 2018,&quot; in the South Court Auditorium of the Eisenhower Executive Office Building, on the White House complex, Thursday, Dec. 20, 2018, in Washington. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)

Analysis: One by one, Trump’s ‘Axis of adults’ leaving

By JULIE PACE and ZEKE MILLER - Associated Press

FILE - In this April 9, 2018, file photo, Deputy Secretary of Defense Patrick Shanahan, right, listen as President Donald Trump speaks during a cabinet meeting at the White House, in Washington. A U.S. administration official says that Defense Secretary Jim Mattis will leave his post Jan. 1, 2019, as Trump is expected to name Shanahan as acting secretary. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci, File)

After criticism, Trump pushes out Mattis sooner than planned

By LOLITA C. BALDOR - Associated Press

FILE - In this Oct. 2, 2018, file photo, President Donald Trump arrives to speak at a campaign rally at the Landers Center Arena in Southaven, Miss. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci, File)

Trump’s 2018: A year in a stranger-than-sitcom presidency

By CALVIN WOODWARD - Associated Press

Defense Secretary Jim Mattis speaks during the 2018 POW/MIA National Recognition Day Ceremony at the Pentagon in Washington. President Donald Trump says Mattis will be retiring at the end of February 2019 and that a new secretary will be named shortly. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh, file)

NATO aware of reports about US troop cuts in Afghanistan

By LORNE COOK - Associated Press