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Congress AWOL in the War on Terror

By Washington Examiner
Published October 24, 2017 4:01am ET
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Congress AWOL in the War on Terror
Sen. Lindsey Graham, R-S.C., told "Meet the Press" viewers, "I didn't know there was a thousand troops in Niger." Graham, who sits on the Armed Services Committee, has attempted for years to cultivate his image as a knowledgeable foreign policy hawk.

Why were U.S. troops in Niger on Oct. 4, the day four Green Berets were killed in an ambush by a much larger enemy force?

Don’t ask Sens. Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., and Bob Casey, D-Pa. They admitted, or claimed, in interviews over the weekend that they had no idea our forces were even operating in Niger.

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