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To answer that question. i think ned had it entirely correct. we ought to be grateful that deputy secretary pat shanahan is there and will take up the reins, you know. he's an adult, he's honest, he's had two years of understudying mattis. he's a very competent military technology guy. in the short run, we're not going to have a problem in the pentagon. but i think when you start looking, this whole trip, which was a good trip for the president to make. the president boasting about the dangers he faced and bolton was a brave man to go with him. god, he's talking to special operation soldiers i...

As we enter the new year, so too is the president's defense department and who will lead the largest government agency. days of televised praise for mattis for his bravery caught up with president trump. the president pushed up the departure of the marine general to two months earlier than mattis planned. he wanted to give a lot of time for a transition. the president tweeted patrick shanahan will assume the title january 1st, 2019. patrick has a long list of accomplishments while serving as deputy at boeing. he will be great. that gives him a one week transition. let's taub abolk about who pa...

U.s. foreign policy. mattis was a defense intellectual. he has seen the impact on u.s. security of having allies who trust us and admire us. with him gone, i think the u.s. national security is imperilled. >> let's talk about the idea of a defense contractor. the issue that john mccain had. a defense contractor running the defense department. clearly he knows about defense contracting. the reason i ask is because we're in this moment in which there are troops deployed or continuing to be deployed to pliess where the president of the united states says we shouldn't have troops and shouldn't be ...

Of the u.s. and our taxpayers on trade. general mattis did not see this as a problem. i did, and it's being fixed. markets closed early today. the dow closing 653 points lower finishing off the worst day of christmas eve trading ever. let's get started on this. garrett, right now the president is meeting with the homeland security to discuss border security. anything else going on? >> n >> reporter: not a lot. there hasn't been a marine in front of west wing all day. that means the president isn't in the west wing. he's been in the home and tweeting. for folks hoping this might be a bit of g...

In the defense department. >> yeah. i think it's good news. shanahan is an extremely experienced technology executive. a couple of degrees from m.i.t. he knows all about u.s. military technology. very complicated field. as you point out he's not a policy or political guy. i think it's probably good news. who would want to enter this administration at this time following mattis termination? secondly, will the senate approve a white house nomination. again, i think having shanahan in that position is a good thing. he's an honest man. a smart guy. he's had well over a year of understudying mattis...