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 […]