Mattis: ‘I’m saving money for bombs’ instead of tokens of gratitude for troops

Source: The Hill | December 31, 2017 | Julia Manchester

Defense Secretary James Mattis said he does not carry tokens of gratitude to hand out to U.S. troops, saying “I’m saving money for bombs.”

Mattis made the comment to Breitbart News after a reporter relayed a message from a U.S. Marine who asked whether the secretary was carrying challenge coins during a trip to an international terrorism conference in Jordan earlier this year.

Defense leaders often carry the coins and hand them out to servicemen and women as a sign of their gratitude.

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