re: "Mad Dog" Mattis stepping down in February

People that come into administrations generally have a healthy mix of private and public sector experience. The main reason to come in is to serve and raise your profile. I’d argue the only person that’s actually raised their profile is Nikki Haley. Everyone else has gone threw the blender and have been grinded up on their way out the door. There is a conscious effort to blackball the people coming out this administration.