Ben Cardin: Trump’s new Syria plan is illegal

Published January 18, 2018 4:08pm ET



President Trump’s plan to continue deploying American military forces in Syria goes beyond his authority under federal law, according to a top Senate Democrat.

“We are on the precipice of committing U.S. forces to another forever war,” Maryland Sen. Ben Cardin, the ranking member on the Foreign Relations Committee, said Thursday.

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