National Security

Is John Bolton hijacking Trump’s Syria policy?

By Jamie McIntyre

Published September 25, 2018 7:16pm ET

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Is John Bolton hijacking Trump’s Syria policy? — John Bolton, national security advisor, listens during a meeting with U.S. President Donald Trump and Jens Stoltenberg, secretary general of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO), not pictured, in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington, D.C. U.S., on Thursday, May 17, 2018. The White House said the two leaders will be discussing the upcoming NATO Summit in July. | (Andrew Harrer/Bloomberg)

Nearly six months after a frustrated President Trump expressed a desire to withdraw all U.S. troops from Syria, his national security adviser appears to be ready to commit U.S. forces to an indefinite stay.

“We’re not going to leave as long as Iranian troops are outside Iranian borders and that includes Iranian proxies and militias,” John Bolton said at the United Nations Monday, per the Associated Press.

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