as well as senator lindsey graham. they are his allies and have been incredibly important to getting the administration's agenda forward. general david petraeus has taken himself out of the running in the president is happy with patrick shanahan. he doesn't feel in a rush. he has other things to worry about, the positions to fill. >> patrick shanahan, acting defense secretary, trump may like shanahan for one simple reason, he's very deferential. during a cabinet meeting wednesday he sat so it really next to trump as the president slammed mattis for keeping the military involved in conflicts overseas particularly in afghanistan. mattsaid upon leaving the president of somebody who sees the world the same way he does but the president need to defend secretary who will challenge them as well? >> he needs cabinet officials who will challenge him. one thing i will say about