US special envoy for Syria and the Global Coalition to Defeat ISIS Jim Jeffrey said that he was not consulted or advised in advance on President Trump's decision to pull US troops from northeastern Syria
US special envoy for Syria and the Global Coalition to Defeat ISIS Jim Jeffrey said Tuesday that he was not consulted or advised in advance on President Donald Trump's decision to pull US troops from northeastern Syria.
"I was not personally consulted," Jeffrey said in response to a question from Democratic Sen. Bob Menendez of New Jersey. Asked by Utah Republican Sen. Mitt Romney if he was"advised about the decision to withdraw all US troops following that Erdogan call," Jeffrey said:"That specific decision, I was not, in advance.
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