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Good general but who knows. >> mattis submitted his resignation to the president during a face-to-face meeting at the white house last month. the president ordered mattis to leave two months early. he praised mattis's replacement synth next to him. >> president trump: the military has been fantastic. we've been working with pat shanahan, who is acting secretary of defense who has been such a pleasure to work for. we worked really hard over the last actually four or five weeks and so much has been done. >> the president also took questions on syria. key to mattis's withdrawal but wouldn't talk ...

Slamming his former defense secretary. >> president trump: i'm not happy with what he has done in afghanistan and i shouldn't be happy. but he was very happy. he was very thankful. i wish him well and hope he does well. as you know, president obama fired him and essentially so did i. i want results. >> sandra: how general mattis's departure is being felt at the pentagon. >> bill: president trump defending his decision to withdraw from syria saying he is the only president who would get criticized for bringing troops home. we'll talk to senator mike rounds about that and a lot more coming up.