Welcome to early start. Im alison kosik sitting in for christine romans. I was eluding to the fact if the weather will cooperate. Im alex marquardt. Happy new years eve. Great to close out the 2018 with you. This is great. We are going to start with President Trump who may be hedging on his timeline to pull all u. S. Troops out of syria. Republican senator Lindsey Graham has a better understanding of the stakes in syria. Graham characterized the pullout as an obamalike mistake. 2,000 troops are supposed to leave syria in the coming weeks and months. Mr. Graham says the president is not pausing completely, but committed to a fresh assessment to see what happens on the ground in syria. I think we are in a pause situation where we are reevaluating the best way to an achieve the president s objective of having people pay more and do more. After discussions with the president and general dunford, i am never better on where we are headed. The goal is the same. To leave syria and make sure is