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>> perspective from cnn military analyst and retired army lieutenant general mark hertling. who joins us now. general hertling, you heard the president say the u.s. has, quote, not yet verified that russia has begun the withdrawal of some troops. so what did you make of that remark? wouldn't the united states know if the russian troops were really moving? we would be able to tell, yes? >> absolutely, john. and it's been a roller coaster of a day since we last talked at 6:00 a.m. this morning. what i would say is there are certainly ways to not only verify but to just see. it doesn't take verif...

Verify but to just see. it doesn't take verification. both satellite imagery and high flying aircraft would be able to pinpoint the movement and where these forces are going. and certainly, that intelligence feed has made its way to the president after the various members of putin's cabinet said this morning that they were going to start pulling back. they're not pulling back based on intelligence. they may be repositioning, but are they repositioning from their motor pools to attack positions? are they repositioning to where they should be, if they're pulling back, and that's from motor pools...