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Sr admin officials wouldn't provide timing details on VP Pence + ntl security adviser Robert O’Brien’s forthcoming trip to Ankara, Turkey, telling reporters on a call, “This was late breaking news this afternoon. We didn’t think it was possible a couple of hours ago, now we do.”
Officials disputed that the crisis was created by Trump’s actions in withdrawing US troops from NE Syria.“This is not something that was caused by an action of Pres. Trump. This was something that was caused by an action of Pres. Erdogan…The US in no way endorsed this activity."
“The forces that the Secretary withdrew from the Northeast, the dozens of forces, were in an area that was 40 km long + 30 km deep. The idea that somehow these couple dozen forces would somehow be in a position to stop an invading army is just not logical," an official said.
The officials were not able to confirm whether ISIS detainees have been released from prisons, but had “significant concern” and “good evidence that it in fact has happened.”
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