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Trial Balloon · Ep. 189: Navigating the Nonsense

Trump Tells Military to Plan for Syria Withdrawal

April 4, 2018 · 10:15 am ET · Leave a Comment

“President Trump has instructed military leaders to prepare to withdraw U.S. troops from Syria, but has not set a date for them to do so,” the Washington Post reports.

“In a meeting with top national security officials Tuesday, Trump stressed that U.S. troops can be involved in current training tasks for local forces to ensure security in areas liberated from the Islamic State. But the president said that the U.S. mission would not extend beyond the destruction of the Islamic State.”

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