This Week’s Fake News

This Week’s Fake News
Defense Secretary Gen. Jim Mattis (L) and Gen. Joe Dunford, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, brief members of the media following airstrikes on Syria, at the Pentagon on April 13. ALEX WONG/GETTY IMAGES
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Pentagon Says New York Times Article ‘Blatantly False’

The Pentagon said a New York Times article claiming that President Donald Trump had overruled Defense Secretary Gen. James Mattis was “blatantly false.”

The New York Times used unnamed sources to claim that Mattis had urged Trump to seek congressional approval for the airstrike on Syria in retaliation for a chemical attack.

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