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Hundreds of ISIS Supporters Flee Detention Amid Turkish Airstrikes — The attacks caused about 700 Islamic State families to escape. The American defense secretary said the U.S. would pull out about 1,000 troops from the area. — AKCAKALE, Turkey — Hundreds of relatives …
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Pullback Leaves Green Berets Feeling ‘Ashamed,’ and Kurdish Allies Describing ‘Betrayal’ — WASHINGTON — American commandos were working alongside Kurdish forces at an outpost in eastern Syria last year when they were attacked by columns of Syrian government tanks and hundreds of troops, including Russian mercenaries.
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Trump orders withdrawal of U.S. forces from northern Syria, days after Pentagon downplays possibility — President Trump has ordered a withdrawal of U.S. forces from northern Syria in the face of a Turkish military offensive targeting Kurdish fighters in the region, Defense Secretary Mark T. Esper …
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U.S. troops withdraw from another Syrian town as Turkish forces block supply lines — BEIRUT — U.S. troops withdrew on Sunday from another town in Syria as Turkish-backed forces pushed deeper inside Syrian territory, seizing positions along a major highway that serves as the U.S. military's main supply route …
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IS supporters escape as Turkish troops near key Syrian town — AKCAKALE, Turkey (AP) — Turkish forces approached a key Kurdish-held town in northern Syria on Sunday, setting off clashes that allowed hundreds of Islamic State supporters to escape from a camp for displaced people near a U.S.-led coalition base.
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U.S. “preparing to evacuate” remaining troops from northern Syria, defense secretary says — Washington — The U.S. is “preparing to evacuate” about 1,000 U.S. troops from northern Syria “as safely and quickly as possible,” Defense Secretary Mark Esper told “Face the Nation” in an interview airing Sunday.
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Esper says Trump orders US troops to leave northern Syria — WASHINGTON (AP) — Amid growing chaos in Syria, President Donald Trump has ordered all U.S. troops to withdraw from the country's north to avoid an “untenable” conflict between Turkey and U.S.-backed Kurdish fighters, Defense Secretary Mark Esper said Sunday.
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Transcript: Secretary of Defense Mark Esper on “Face the Nation,” October 13, 2019
Transcript: Secretary of Defense Mark Esper on “Face the Nation,” October 13, 2019
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Bethan McKernan / The Guardian:
At least 750 Isis affiliates escape Syria camp after Turkish shelling
At least 750 Isis affiliates escape Syria camp after Turkish shelling
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Ryan Browne / CNN:
Defense secretary says Trump ordered near total withdrawal of troops from northern Syria
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U.S. troops to withdraw from northern Syria as ISIS supporters escape amid alleged Turkish atrocities
U.S. troops to withdraw from northern Syria as ISIS supporters escape amid alleged Turkish atrocities
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Dan Lamothe / Washington Post:
U.S. forces say Turkey was deliberately ‘bracketing’ American troops with artillery fire in Syria
U.S. forces say Turkey was deliberately ‘bracketing’ American troops with artillery fire in Syria
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Quint Forgey / Politico:
Amid chaos, U.S. to pull last troops out of northern Syria
Amid chaos, U.S. to pull last troops out of northern Syria
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Adia Robinson / ABC News:
'We're ready to go at a moment's notice': Treasury Secretary Mnuchin on Turkey sanctions
'We're ready to go at a moment's notice': Treasury Secretary Mnuchin on Turkey sanctions
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A Statement on behalf of Hunter Biden, dated October 13, 2019 — Hunter Biden's business activities have received significant press attention. Since 2016, I have served as Hunter's lawyer. In recent weeks, I have received numerous questions about those activities, many of which have been shaped …
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Hunter Biden Steps Down from Chinese Board as Trump Attacks — Democratic candidate's son releases statement through lawyer — Trump, Giuliani have accused him of unsubstantiated corruption — Hunter Biden is stepping down from the board of a Chinese-backed private equity company …
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Giuliani bungling gives Biden a new punchline — 'America's mayor' is now a punchline, fundraising tool and political shield for Joe Biden. — With Rudy Giuliani emerging as the face of Donald Trump's star-crossed operation to dig up dirt on Biden in Ukraine, the former vice president …
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Ted Cruz: ‘Of course’ Trump was wrong to ask China to probe Bidens
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Jacob Knutson / Axios:
Hunter Biden to step down from board of Chinese company
Hunter Biden to step down from board of Chinese company
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CBS News Battleground Tracker: Warren extends lead across early states, New Hampshire and draws even with Biden in Iowa — Early-state Democratic voters say President Trump's allegations against Joe Biden have not affected their views of Biden and largely think they aren't true.
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Allan Smith / NBC News:
Sanders draws line between himself and Warren: A ‘capitalist to her bones’
Sanders draws line between himself and Warren: A ‘capitalist to her bones’
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12 Hours. 4 Syrian Hospitals Bombed. One Culprit: Russia. — The Russian Air Force has repeatedly bombed hospitals in Syria in order to crush the last pockets of resistance to President Bashar al-Assad, according to an investigation by The New York Times.
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In Show of Support, Trump Meets With Giuliani Over Lunch — The president's multiple shows of support for his personal lawyer on Saturday seemed meant to tamp down questions about Mr. Giuliani's standing. — WASHINGTON — President Trump had lunch on Saturday with Rudolph W. Giuliani amid revelations …
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Giuliani was always a fraud. Just ask the FDNY — As the image of “America's Mayor” was being rehabbed, 9/11 families saw how his malfeasance killed their loved ones — The anonymously sourced reports that former Mayor Rudy Giuliani, President Trump's global fixer …
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Trump's envoy to testify that ‘no quid pro quo’ came from Trump — The U.S. ambassador to the European Union, Gordon Sondland, intends to tell Congress this week that the content of a text message he wrote denying a quid pro quo with Ukraine was relayed to him directly by President Trump in a phone call …
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Protecting whistleblower's identity is ‘our primary interest,’ Schiff says — House Intelligence Committee Chairman Adam B. Schiff (D-Calif.) said Sunday that protecting the identity of the whistleblower who raised the alarm about President Trump's communications with Ukraine is …
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I Was Protested At Bard College For Being A Jew — When I was asked to speak at last week's conference on racism and anti-Semitism at Bard College's Hannah Arendt Center, I think my heart actually skipped a beat. — Arendt, the German-born political philosopher who fled the Nazis in the 1930s …
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Woman killed in own home when Fort Worth officer shoots her, police and witness say — A white Fort Worth officer fatally shot a black woman inside her home early Saturday morning after police were called to the house to do a welfare check, according to police and the neighbor who called them.
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