No, I think he’s a terrific person. He’s doing a fantastic job as Secretary of Defense.

Q And he’ll stay in that job?

THE PRESIDENT: Yeah. He’ll stay right there. We’re very — we’re very happy with him. We’re having a lot of victories. We’re having victories that people don’t even know about. And he’s highly respected all over the world.

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