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Thinker. he's the guy helping advise trump on what that policy is and sort of the short-term and the long-term strategic goals of the white house. they're trying to put on a good face and show they're working together. i talked to both of them on friday as well as some other staffers. there's a real effort to project a sense of professionalism and competence out of this white house. >> for viewers who might not be paying as close attention as we are, tell them why folks on capitol hill might want to see the power shift more towards reince priebus and away from steve bannen? >> well, priebus is...

Mattis. this is the official swearing in at the pentagon. we find cnn's own chief national security correspondent jim sciutto. jim, general mattis was confirmed almost overwhelmingly, 98-1 in the u.s. senate. he is highly regarded by both democrats and republicans, and his fellow members of the military. i think a lot of people in the building in which you are right now breathed a sigh of relief when they heard mattis was being considered for the job. >> no question. deep respect for general mattis, and that is up and down the ranks. at the highest levels, but also enlisted men and women who s...

Government. and so the benefit of that is that we're going of get someone who search warrant a big thinker, who understands the reality of doing large-scale business and to put skills to use for our country. think about it. if someone is doing repeat business they're going to want to, you know, keep that line of communication open and donald trump understands that as a businessperson would and has gotten them to reconsider. and i would expect to see that across the board. he's certainly not anybody who is a businessperson allowed himself to be taken advantage of. >> that's marillyn hewson leav...

Whether it is democrat or republican, there are a lot of familiar faces that come back into town. some that are already here, sort of brought into the administration. you're going to see some of that, but not a lot of it. a lot of new faces, less political in their orientation, more of the world, more out of the business world if you will. so there is going be to be adjustments on both sides. between the speaker and the president, and the majority leader and the president, that trifecta, that relationship has got to develop and has got to be tight. it is going to be tested. it is going to be t...

-- deal with the incoming and different factions. he's great at that. i don't know steve bannon, but doesn't sound like that's a job he'd want. he's a big thinker and being chief of staff is just -- you're just making the train run. >> what job should he have, meaning steve bannon if any, ryan lizza. >> this is the most important decision trump will make since picking mike pence, his vp pick. this will tell us -- this is the first important sign about the direction of the trump presidency. does he pick a washington -- i don't want to say insider as if that's a majority thing. someone who knows...