and the pentagon's prerogative. we have to maintain a footprint there. we have to stay on offense. we're going to fight it in damascus or kansas city. there's a false pretense in washington on both sides of the aisle that if we just let them take care of it, bring the boys home, that america doesn't need to be involved any more. it will follow us home. it has in the past and we can't let it again because going back again will be far more costly than staying engaged. >> congressman, thank you so much. really appreciate you joining us in studio. we have more on cnn's exclusive reporting. the mysterious phone calls that donald trump jr. made after the trump tower meeting were not to his father. 911, what's your em? (overlapping radio calls) if the firemen didn't answer their call, i truthfully don't know where i would be. i'm grateful for you guys, every time i step on the field.