Article snippet: A Secretary of Defense James Mattis for his school. Teddy Fischer, a sophomore at Mercer Island High School managed to conduct a full-length features interview with Mattis for his school paper the Islander on June 20 thanks to an inadvertent disclosure in a photo used by the Washington Post. On May 11, the newspaper embedded in an article a photo featuring Trump’s former bodyguard-turned-Director of Oval Operations Keith Schiller carrying a set of papers with Mattis’ private number written on a sticky note at the top of the stack. Although the Post removed the photo with the information from its website quickly, Fischer saved the number, called it seeking an interview, and Mattis replied several days later, agreeing to speak with him. “I’ve always tried to help students because I think we owe it to you young folks to pass on what we learned going down the road so that you can make your own mistakes, not the same ones we made,” Mattis said to Fischer and his colleague, Jane Gormley. In the full feature transcript, Mattis shared his regrets over not paying more attention to history as a school subject, telling him that history will “not show you all the answers but tell you a lot of questions to ask,” and it will “show you how other people have dealt successfully or unsuccessfully with similar type issues.” Mattis also delved into deep detail about why he chose to say "lack of political unity," rather than Russia or Marine Corps general also didn’t shy aw... Link to the full article to read more