she would be the first fed chief in nearly 40 years to not get a second term. white house chief of staff john kelly says a lack of compromise was the root cause of the civil war in a "fox news" interview. he was asked about removal of historic but controversial plaques honoring george washington and robert e. lee. >> robert e lee was an honorable man. he was a man that gave up his country to fight for his state, which in 150 years ago was more important than country. it was always loyalty to state first back in those days. now it's differnt today. but the lack of an ability to compromise led to the civil war. and men and women of good faith on both sides made their stand. >> on both sides. kelly said strikingly similar to president trump's charlottesville comments.