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To move too quickly to take those steps. in one sense, it shouldnt come as a surprise the president moved in the direction of drawing down our troop presence in syria. on the other hand, doing so in this abrupt a manner and doing so in a way that caught allies by surprise, even caught our own troop commanders by surprise, that obviously was pretty unconventional and pretty disruptive. >> remember, from the early days there when trump brought mattis in to the administration, he seemed to great af...

>> we have to worry about it generally speaking, but we cant be involved in it. we watch it very carefully. >> reporter: the current thought here in israel is that assad leaving would be a good thing for the jewish state. in fact, the defense minister said, oh, we believe that assads weeks are numbered. the only thing, jenna, is there have been a lot of experts saying hell be gone in weeks. they said that in march, hes still in power. well see if he continues to hold on. back to you. jenna: lela...