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Full page ad this morning in the Portland Press Herald: Senator Collins, you said I was rude
U.S. forces set to withdraw further in Syria, Esper says
Source: NBC
U.S. forces are preparing to withdraw further from northern Syria, Defense Secretary Mark Esper said Sunday.
The U.S. is "preparing to evacuate" about 1,000 troops from the area "as safely and quickly as possible," Esper told CBS' "Face the Nation," according to an excerpt of an interview set to air Sunday.
Esper said that the conflict between Turkish forces and U.S.-backed Syrian Kurdish fighters had become "untenable" for the U.S. military.
Turkey invaded northeastern Syria Wednesday after U.S. troops first pulled back from the area to clear the way for Turkish forces.
Read more: https://www.nbcnews.com/news/military/trump-orders-u-s-forces-withdraw-further-syria-esper-says-n1065516?cid=sm_npd_nn_tw_ma
https://twitter.com/NBCNews/status/1183372364236709888
Urgent: US official - the situation on the ground is deteriorating rapidly in Syria. Extremist...
https://twitter.com/RichardEngel/status/1183370196247089153
Only four days into Turkish attack and one week after POTUS-Erdogan call:
* UN: 130k displaced (likely to 3x)
* ISIS terrorists escaping (caught after years of painstaking effort)
* Syrians executed on roadways by Turkish-backed opposition forces
* Main US supply lines cut..
* US forces fired on danger close
* Female politician brutally murdered
* Turkish forces operating well outside security mechanism area
* Increasingly impossible for US forces to remain in Syria at all
* No plan to take care of anyone who worked with us
Total disaster
https://twitter.com/brett_mcgurk/status/1183344486245490688
Hunter Biden Steps Down from Chinese Board Amid Trump Attacks
Hunter Biden is stepping down from the board of a Chinese-backed private equity company and promising to forego all foreign work if his father, former U.S. Vice President Joe Biden, is elected president in 2020.
After months of keeping a relatively low-profile as President Donald Trump leveled a barrage of unsubstantiated accusations of corruption at him, the younger Biden is publicly vowing to avoid any conflict of interest.
According to a statement released on his behalf by his lawyer George Mesires, Biden said hell resign at the end of the month from the management company of a private equity fund thats backed by Chinese state-owned entities. He also pledged that he wouldnt work for any foreign-owned companies or serve on their boards during a potential Biden administration. He reiterated that he never discussed his business activities with his father.
Hunter and Joe Biden
Hunter always understood that his father would be guided, entirely and unequivocally, by established U.S. policy, regardless of its effects on Hunters professional interests, the statement said. He never anticipated the barrage of false charges against both him and his father by the President of the United States.
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2019-10-13/hunter-biden-steps-down-from-chinese-board-in-bid-to-fight-back?srnd=premium
Trump Releases $50 Million in Aid to Syria After U.S. Troop Withdrawal
Source: The Daily Beast
President Trump has released $50 million in aid to Syria to protect persecuted ethnic and religious minorities, and advance human rights, according a statement issued by the White House on Saturday. This funding will provide emergency financial assistance to Syrian human rights defenders, civil society organizations, and reconciliation efforts directly supporting ethnic and religious minority victims of the conflict, reads the statement, issued just days after Trump withdrew American troops from northern Syria, leaving Kurdish allies in the region unprotected from an incoming Turkish attack. The withdrawal has reportedly put U.S. troops stationed in Syria in a holding pattern, leaving the Kurds to defend themselves against Turkey, a NATO member, and manage thousands of captured ISIS fighters. We hope regional and international partners will continue their contributions as well, reads the Saturday statement. Ensuring the freedom and safety of ethnic and religious minorities remains a top priority for this Administration.
Read more: https://www.thedailybeast.com/trump-releases-dollar50-million-in-aid-to-syria-after-us-troop-withdrawal
https://twitter.com/dkhalifa/status/1183296953146335232
"Ensuring the freedom and safety of ethnic and religious minorities remains a top priority for this Administration." FFS
Emotional interaction of a Kurdish woman from Kobane with American soldiers
https://twitter.com/mutludc/status/1182796048747716608Serious q, how does the WH justify rewarding Erdogan with a visit next month?
(AP) US says troops in Syria came under Turkish fire; says area was known by the Turks to have Americans present.
https://twitter.com/biannagolodryga/status/1182807002021597185
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