Does Anyone Want to Be Secretary of Defense?
White House struggles to fill the top Pentagon job.
The search for a permanent replacement for former U.S. Secretary of Defense James Mattis—a candidate who will satisfy both the president and the Senate—is not going well.
Lara Seligman is a staff writer at Foreign Policy. Twitter: @laraseligman
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