secretary, it leaves the impression for so many officials in this administration that secretary of state mike pompeo along with president trump is in control of foreign policy. they do not expect a secretary mattis type, a strong personality to be nominated. i hear veteran secretary robert wilke on the top of the short list, a low key person. they think it is bolton, the national security adviser. he has a bit of a tense relationship with the president at the moment because he is a very strident hawk but secretary pompeo is driving the discussions on iran along with president trump and the pentagon is not expecting in the coming year or two to be a major force on that front. >> mr. shanahan came from boeing just a note to our viewers and while mark esper the army secretary now running the pentagon on an acting basis did lobbying for raytheon. in addition he had a whole life prior to that. he shot under the umbrella of general mccaffery in the gulf war, west point, harvard masters degree, ph.d from gw. that is the man currently running the pentagon. peter baker, that brings us to the president's depiction of the