A high school sophomore in Washington state landed a 45-minute interview with Defense Secretary James Mattis after noticing a document in a newspaper photo that had his phone number, The New York Post reported.

High schooler Teddy Fischer got the Pentagon chief’s cell number after the Washington Post published a photo where Trump’s security guard exposed the defence secretary’s cell phone number.

Fischer, an enterprising young journalist with an interest in foreign policy, jotted down the number. The photo eventually was removed from the article. 

Fischer texted the Pentagon chief and asked him for his help for an upcoming article on US foreign policy and Mattis agreed. 

Later, an interview with the chief of the Pentagon was published in a school newspaper.