Mattis nixes holiday tradition of seeing troops in war zones

WASHINGTON (AP) -- For only the second time since 9/11, America's defense secretary didn't visit U.S. troops in a war zone during December, breaking a long-standing tradition of personally and publicly thanking service members in combat who are separated from their families during the holiday season....

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