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His decision coming the day after president trump moved to withdraw all 2,000 u.s. troops from syria. mattis telling the president and his resignation letter, "because you have the right to have a secretary of defense whose views are better aligned with your views on other subjects. etiquettes right for me to step down for my position." jennifer griffin is live with more from the pentagon. >> is the first time in 40 years a cabinet official has resigned over a policy difference from the president. the last person to do so was a jimmy carter's secretary of state during the failed iran hostage r...

Announcing he will retire at the end of february. now we're hearing more resignations could be on the way at the pentagon. welcome to a brand-new hour of "america's newsroom." i'm jon scott. >> julie: i'm julie banderas. the mattis announcement coming shortly after president trump ordered the drawdown of u.s. troops from syria. >> jon: jennifer griffin is live at the pentagon with more. >> make no mistake. this is not a retirement. he is resigning in protest over the president's national security policies. this was a resignation based on principle according to those familiar with his decision....

Field. i think he is probably dismayed with what we're seeing inside the media. now, regarding policy difference -- >> wait a second. what about coming from people in the foreign policy, national security world who have serious concerns as well as republican lawmakers. do you think he would be shoving those away too? >> what i say to all of those people is i know you have policy differences but if we're pulling out from syria, are you prepared to send your sons and daughters in there to take mare place. >> as it relates to military men and women on the groupnd, how d you see this affecting the...

But i've got to ask you this. as you sit here now, you said that you're aware of the weight of history. you didn't have to be a person of color working in the white house and a scandal free -- i know people want to gin up and make up things. scandal-free administration for eight years. policy difference is fine. but anything that is scandal related is made up. there was no scandal when it comes to this administration. personal scandals i'm talking about. >> no drama obama. >> when you see every single day the things that come out of this white house and the administration, do you just sit back...

You didn't have to be a person of color working in the white house and a scandal free, i know people want to gin up things and scandal free administration for eight years. policy difference is fine. but anything that is scandal related is made up. there was no scandal when it comes to this administration. personal scandals i'm talking about. >> no drama obama. >> you see every single day the things ha come out of this white house and the administration, do you just sit back and go what the -- what do you think? >> i'm a results driven person. so all the chitchat really doesn't bother me. i try...