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CENTCOM Head Was Not Notified of U.S. Troop Withdrawal from Syria

HeadlineFeb 06, 2019

General Joseph Votel, the head of U.S. Central Command, told the Senate Armed Services Committee Tuesday he was not told about Trump’s withdrawal of U.S. troops from Syria before Trump made his public announcement in December. Votel also told the committee that “the fight against ISIS is not over.”

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