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U.S. missiles hit Syria air base behind chemical attack

President Trump ordered a military strike in Syria as response to President Bashar al-Assad's use of chemical weapons on his own people. Fifty-nine cruise missiles were launched from destroyers in the eastern Mediterranean Sea. The target was the Shayrat air base, which is believed to have been the origin of the plane that dropped deadly gas. David Martin reports.
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