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Isis right now? >> let's go back to this moment. i was not consulted. not consulted by whom. i don't think you would expect president trump who doesn't get down into the weeds of military details to pick up the phone and call him. that is not likely to have happened. he was not consulted by defense secretary james mattis, the chairman of the joint chiefs because that decision by the president also took them by surprise. it was a shock to the pentagon. so this sound byte tells us an awful lot about how surprised the military has been about this decision. and now turning their attention forward,...
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