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Point about it being a routine mission, i want to play secretary -- defense secretary mattis on thursday talking about essentially that same point that it was -- the contact was considered unlikely with the enemy. take a listen. >> i would just tell you that in the specific case contact was considered unlikely. but theres a reason we have u.s. army soldiers there and not the peace corps, because we carry guns. >> the fact that this was considered a routine mission, what would you want answered i...