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Mission there. >> it would be reckless if we were to say, anyone who has looked at a conflict like this would agree with that. >> mcgurk's departure follows that of secretary james mattis who handed in his resignation on thursday. that's a day of the president's syria announcement. that announcement was reportedly sparked by a phone conversation between the president and his turkish counter part, according to "the washington post." joining me now, crihristopher hill, and michael alan, former special assistant to george w. bush and staff director for the house intelligence committee. and vivian...

Precipitous hasty withdrawal, i think it undercuts the united states' interests and it undercuts the ability for us to get out in a sensible fashion. i have a lot of faith in secretary pompeo. i hope he can work with the president on this to sort of limit the damage. >> chris hill, michael alan, vivian salano a fascinating conversation with three very smart people. up next, a possible end date for robert mueller's far reaching russia probe after a wild week of legal elements in trump's orbit. week of legal eln trump's orbit. liberty mutual customizes your car insurance so you only pay for wh...

From somehow making it here in the united states. and that's why these gentlemen felt so strongly, the way that the president abruptly announced his withdrawal and basically dismissed the advice of his advisers, they felt they can no longer do this, and i'm sure others are feeling the same way. >> we're talking about two individuals, general mattis, as well as brett mcgurk here and when we think of the idea of institutional memory, these are certainly two individuals that are gargantuan in the respective spaces of that very idea. michael alan, as you look at the resignation, and vivian was mov...

Destabilizing activities in the region are of grave concern to the united states, and yet he is standing by the president thus far this this decision to withdraw from syria where a lot of people believe that withdrawal will ultimately create a vacuum for companies like iran and russia to step in and fill that void. it is obviously a concern even for those who are standing by the president at this time. >> michael, very quickly here, i use the word world order in that quote, but should we put the letters dis in front of it now as we look what's happening in countries as i mentioned earlier, fra...

Important national security issue right now are happening without the white house national security adviser. john bolton wasn't there for the oval officeting o frida oneorth jong-un's right-hand man. two sources telling cnn there is an escalating feud between bolton and the secretary of state saying that pompeo told trump it would be counterproductive to allow bolton to attend the oval office meeting. the white house is downplaying the idea of any sort of rift and insisting that the meeting was always intended to be small. joining me to discuss cnn national security analyst samantha vinograd, ...