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‘Unfortunate’: McMaster criticizes Trump’s Syria troop withdrawal

By Russ Read
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‘Unfortunate’: McMaster criticizes Trump’s Syria troop withdrawal

Former national security adviser H.R. McMaster criticized President Trump’s decision to withdraw U.S. forces from northeastern Syria, saying the deployment was “immensely helpful” to U.S. security and interests.

While speaking Thursday during an event at the Foundation for Defense of Democracies in Washington, D.C., McMaster said the administration did not recognize the role U.S. forces played in the region.

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