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>> sandra: fox news alert. two americans suspected of being isis fighters captured in eastern syria. they were identified as warren christopher clark from houston, and another man with no location in the u.s. reported for him. kurdish forces captured the pair in a group that were suspected fighters from ireland and pakistan. >> president trump: we are pulling back in syria. we're going to be removing our troops. i never said we're doing it that quickly. but we're decimating isis. when i was elected president two years ago, isis was all over syria and all over iraq. we've wiped out isis. >> bil...

About this withdrawal from syria. we want to make sure they understand completely what that means. there's no change in our commitment to the defeat of the caliphate or vices globely. there's no change in our counter iran strategy. we're going to withdraw our 2,000 soldiers from syria but the mission, the purpose for which we have been involved in the 24-month administration remains in full. >> those comments coming before pompeo embarks on a trip to at least eight middle east countries to reassure allies to the region. it seems like the timing of the u.s. troop withdrawal is still in flux, as...

Troops. i never said we're doing it that quickly, but we're decimating isis. >> but on december 19th, you may recall the president tweeted that he was withdrawing in weeks from syria, leading the next day to the resignation in protest by his defense secretary james mattis. joining me from ankara turkey, tara lee and the white house correspondent for the washington post and the pentagon and state department correspondent, as well. carol, this is an extraordinary trip. i know we have a bit of a satellite delay, but tell us why bolton thinks that we can count on erdogan to live up to its promises...

We're going to be removing our troops. i never said we're doing it that quickly, but we're decimating isis. we're helping other countries when we do that, too. you have to remember, iran hates isis more than we do, if that's possible. russia hates isis more than we do. turkey hates isis, maybe not as much as we do. >> cnn's ian lee is in jerusalem, so ian, bolton is in israel and at least trying to reassure that ally. how effective is this? >> reporter: i think it's going to make some pope in the region feel better, especially after president trump made that decision to pull out u.s. forces. t...

We're going to be removing our troops. i never said we're doing it quickly but we're decimating isis. when i was elected president two years ago, isis was all over syria and all over iraq. we've wiped out isis in iraq. we've wiped out isis and we're doing it for two reasons. we're really doing it because we don't want them coming here just so we understand. but we're doing it for a number of reasons. now, we're helping other countries when we do that too, you have to remember. iran hates isis more than we do, if that's possible. russia hates isis more than we do. turkey hates isis maybe not as...