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At Ohio rally, Trump ‘unofficially’ announces defense pick

President-elect Donald Trump used a rally in Cincinnati on Thursday night to “unofficially” announce retired Gen. James “Mad Dog” Mattis as his secretary of defense, telling the audience to keep the news hushed. Meanwhile, at Harvard University's traditionally civil post-election forum, discussion between the Clinton and Trump teams of campaign tactics and the popular vote became heated.