Mattis says he's 'absolutely not' leaving Pentagon while carrying cardboard box out to his car

THE PENTAGON — Defense Secretary Jim Mattis told a number of reporters that he "absolutely" wasn't leaving his post at the Pentagon "any time soon" as he made his way out to his car with a large cardboard box, sources confirmed today.

"I wouldn't take these stories seriously at all," Mattis said of recent news stories speculating on his imminent departur…