TheHill.com: Overnight Defense: Mattis works to exempt Iraqis from Trump order | Lawmakers back Mattis’ efforts

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TheHill.com: Overnight Defense: Mattis works to exempt Iraqis from Trump order | Lawmakers back Mattis’ efforts

BY REBECCA KHEEL – 01/30/17 06:22 PM EST CLICK IMAGE for direct link to the story. THE TOPLINE: Fallout from President Trump’s executive order on refugees continued to roil Washington on Monday. At the Pentagon, Defense Secretary James Mattis is compiling a list of Iraqis who helped U.S. troops during the war there who he wants to exempt […]

AP: Trump says torture “does work,” but defers to SEC DEF Mattis

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AP: Trump says torture “does work,” but defers to SEC DEF Mattis

By JULIE PACE and VIVIAN SALAMA, Associated Press Jan. 27, 2017 3:45 PM ET WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump said Friday that his defense secretary’s opposition to torture would override his own belief that enhanced interrogation “does work,” quietly giving ground after growing public concern about a return to Bush-era use of waterboarding and other especially harsh […]