rebuild military aircraft and address the pentagon's readiness problems. >> border security is national security. we are leaning forward to support the president in his intent and his goal. but readiness remains our top priority. >> when president bush sent 6,000 national guardsmen to the border in 2006, it came from the navy and air force's operations and maintenance account, shep. >> pentagon officials say nothing actually has changed in syria. that's despite president trump saying this week that he wants to pull out u.s. troops from the war-torn nation and soon. just yesterday, the white house said american involvement in syria is coming to a rapid end but did not give specifics. john roberts on the north lawn. hi, john. >> good afternoon, shep. the president said last week that he wanted to bring the