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To move too quickly to take those steps. in one sense, it shouldn't come as a surprise the president moved in the direction of drawing down our troop presence in syria. on the other hand, doing so in this abrupt a manner and doing so in a way that caught allies by surprise, even caught our own troop commanders by surprise, that obviously was pretty unconventional and pretty disruptive. >> remember, from the early days there when trump brought mattis in to the administration, he seemed to great afekds for him. loved the nickname mad dog. loved the military profile and military background. to se...

>> we have to worry about it generally speaking, but we can't be involved in it. we watch it very carefully. >> reporter: the current thought here in israel is that assad leaving would be a good thing for the jewish state. in fact, the defense minister said, oh, we believe that assad's weeks are numbered. the only thing, jenna, is there have been a lot of experts saying he'll be gone in weeks. they said that in march, he's still in power. we'll see if he continues to hold on. back to you. jenna: leland, thank you. jon: well, this nation's defense secretary, leon panetta, is in afghanistan to m...