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Resignation because of the president's decision to withdraw troops from syria. but over the weekend, republican senator lindsey graham said that president trump is now r re-evaluating such a rapid drawdown. cnn pentagon correspondent, barbara starr, joins me now. barbara, tell us more about this mattis farewell message for the d.o.d. >> hi, ryan. it does come now as now the incoming, acting secretary, patrick shanann, his first job may be to figure out what president trump really wants to do about withdrawing troops from syria. is it on pause? is it happening rapidly? no one really seems to kn...

Of defense under president trump, this policy of really throwing our allies under the bus and making impetuous decisions does not seem to be getting much better, even if you just look at the president's twitter feed today and his comments on syria, it looks like he's trying to boost morale. >> the pentagon, the work moves on. the new acting replacement, patrick shanann, he takes over tomorrow. the president apparently still kind of discussing this serious strategy here. this is not really shanann's area of expertise, dealing with these type of military matters. how big a challenge is this goin...