Congress slams Trump on Syria pullout
President Donald Trump wants to immediately begin withdrawing US troops from Syria, but Iran hawks in Congress aren’t having it.
Iran hawks in Congress are vehemently pushing back against President Donald Trump’s directive to begin pulling US troops out of Syria.
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The news sparked an immediate uproar among some of Trump’s usual allies on Capitol Hill, who were all caught off guard.
Sen. Lindsey Graham, R-S.C., issued a statement likening the pending removal of the 2,000 US troops stationed in Syria to President Barack Obama’s 2011 withdrawal from Iraq and the subsequent rise of the Islamic State (IS, also known as ISIS), calling it “a huge Obama-like mistake.”
