wads sti was still relatively new. moving the embassy to je rrusal. they were issues his input was not listened to. we had two big ones this week that seemed to be the straws that broke the camels back in this case and that was the decision by president trump to pull all u.s. troops out of syria in a very short time. a very short time line a and now the white house asking for plans to withdraw u.s. troops from afghanistan. every one i'm talking to, the defense officials i'm speaking with are saying this is going to happen. it's a matter of with afghanistan, it's a matter of when, how many troops and how the mission transforms. these were two -- the military parade, the idea of creating a space core or space force those were things that secretary