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And major general james "spider" marks. gentlemen, good evening to you. happy new year. so glad you could join us here. >> good evening to you. >> general marks, i'm going to start with you. i want to play this moment from president trump's cabinet meeting today where he just flat-out lies about the departure of his defense secretary james mattis. here it is. watch. >> what's he done for me? how has he done in afghanistan? not too good. not too good. i'm not happy with what he's done in afghanistan, and i shouldn't be happy. i wish him well. i hope he does well. but as you know, president obam...

Flat-out lies about the departure of his defense secretary james mattis. here it is. watch. >> what's he done for me? how has he done in afghanistan? not too good. not too good. i'm not happy with what he's done in afghanistan, and i shouldn't be happy. i wish him well. i hope he does well. but as you know, president obama fired him, and essentially so did i. i want results. >> so it's tough, by the way, to say the president lies. don't think i just say that willy-nilly, but it is the truth, general. >> right. >> first mattis departed as head of central command under obama in part over disagre...