The Associated Press reported on Tuesday that Secretary of Defense James Mattis and then-Department of Homeland Security Secretary John Kelly — who was sworn in as chief of staff on Monday — agreed in the early weeks of Trump’s presidency to coordinate travel plans so that one of them would always be in the United States.
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The pact, revealed to The AP by an anonymous official close to Mattis and Kelly, seems to hint at the nature of the Trump administration’s internal relations.
Both Mattis and Kelly have been active in providing clarification of executive orders released by the White House.
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