it's very clear that this sreus i was designed for two reasons. to re-establish the relationship with saudi arabia which, of course, frayed at the end of the obama administration when the obama administration focused so much on the iranian nuclear talks. that threatened the saudis. the saudis are rolling out the red carpet for president trump because they are happy that the u.s. is now once again paying attention to their needs. the president will also be trying to raise among nato allies, they're going to need more forces for afghanistan. it is clear they are going to try to get commitments from those other countries so there won't have to be as many u.s. forces sent to afghanistan. before the press conference at the pentagon began which, by the way, is only the second press conference defense secretary mattis has had in the briefing room since january 20th. i asked whether there were iranians targeted and killed by u.s. warplanes when that u.s. air strike was called in yesterday inside syria near the