Rex Tillerson: ‘We sought no approval’ from Russia

Published April 7, 2017 11:35am ET



Secretary of State Rex Tillerson said Thursday night that the U.S. didn’t seek approval from Russia before launching missile strikes against a Syrian airfield, and instead only warned Russia that the strike was imminent.

“We sought no approval – we sought no approval from Moscow or at any other level within the Russian infrastructure,” Tillerson told reporters late Thursday night at President Trump’s resort home in Mar-a-Lago, Fla.

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