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Forces. >> general, there's some reporting here that there's an effort to get general h.r. mcmaster out of his position as national security adviser. let me get your knowledge of the members of the u.s. military. he wrote this book "dereliction of duty." has a history of a thoughtful, incident leektual soldier. what do you make of these reports that he's not fitting in well and they would like to see him outside the white house? >> he is a defense intellectual, doctorate from unc, silver star. one of the best tactical battle commanders we've seen in modern times. a very experienced guy who spe...

Out of its stronghold in syria and iraq days after u.s. backed militia say they completely liberated the city of raqqa. tillerson also had this warning. >> certainly iranian militias that are in iraq now that the fight against icesis coming to a close, those militias need to go home. any foreign fighters in iraq need to go home and allow the people to regain control of areas that had been overtaken by isis that have been liberated. allow the people to rebuild their lives with the help of their neighbors. >> cnn's arwa damon takes us to raqqa, seyria and shows us what is left. >> reporter: it i...

Coming to a close, those militias need to go home. any foreign fighters in iraq need to go home. and allow the iraqi people to regain control of areas that had been overtaken by isis and daesh that have now been liberated. allow the iraqi people to rebuild their lives with the heb of their neighbors. >> you heard from ben wedeman earlier, there are no iranian militias. meantime, arwa damon takes us to raqqah, syria, and shows us what's left there. >> reporter: it's hard to even find traces of the life that was. or even imagine what these streets looked like when they were full of people with c...

Russians in the past, it's not clear that he's going to pay them any more than he's paid any other creditor if they are his creditor. >> but, malcolm, there's no indication that any of the decisions being made in syria are coming from the president. he seems to have simply delegated that entire region of the world to whoever the military commanders are in the region. >> i agree with you on that point. i think this is what's happening with the regional battle commanders are making decisions that are tactically advantageous to them, especially these strikes up in raqqah. the opposition -- the at...

Theaters, in syria, where there have been -- where american and russian forces are getting ever closer to some kind of terrible accident. in northeast asia, where there's a widening gap between the american and the asian positions. donald trump because of his confrontational non-strategic nature, whatever he owes the russians in the past, it's not clear that he's going to pay them any more than he's paid any other creditor if they are his creditor. >> but, malcolm, there's no indication that any of the decisions being made in syria are coming from the president. he seems to have simply delegat...