it's hard to imagine him overseeing a pullout from syria given his past experience. most likely, mattis' deputy, patrick shanahan, who gave president trump cover for his space force which the pentagon oppose, will be asked to stay on and serve in an acting capacity. jessica? >> jessica: figure so much, jennifer. melissa? >> melissa: we want to let people know we are also expecting to hear from mitch mcconnell soon. and we know the president did in fact address the situation inside the white house, basically saying he was putting all his chips on the senate. when we have that, we will bring it to you. >> jessica: back to the mattis situation. we have a national secured analyst on the couch. morgan, how are you feeling? >> morgan: i think there are three different issues going on in this discussion. the secretary of defense, and what this means for the president. there's an ongoing policy argument that people on the right and the left have as it relates to if we should still be in afghanistan. 17 years later. should we be in syria? and there's the communication of that policy to the american people. not that i have time to go into