but what we just saw was retired marine general james mattis walk out of a rather long meeting with president-elect donald trump. i'm told from trump's transition sources there's a good reason that meeting was long. donald trump is very intrigued about the idea of general mattis ending up in his cabinet, ending up in his administration. we've been talking a lot about various candidates, what positions they may end up, and what i'm told is a leading candidate to be defense secretary is james mattis. his name has been floating about over the last couple of weeks. but i'm told definitively now that the president-elect is very intrigued about the possibility of james mattis ending up in his cabinet. and just for background, james mattis was very well known during his time in the military as a general in the marines, very well known for his service in iraq and known as being bipartisan. both the obama administration and republicans on capitol hill think highly of him. this is something we need to keep a close eye on, because there is a very good chance that