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White House tells Pentagon to start planning for withdrawal of troops in Syria

The White House has instructed the Pentagon to start planning for the immediate withdrawal of all 2,000 U.S. troops in Syria, CBS News confirms. "We have defeated ISIS in Syria, my only reason for being there during the Trump Presidency," President Trump tweeted Wednesday.
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