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Top Pentagon officials on al-Baghdadi raid, Syria security

Defense Secretary Mark Esper and Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff General Mark Milley briefed reporters Monday after the Special Forces operation resulting in the death of ISIS leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi. Esper reiterated that oil fields in northern Syria were secured and that they would be used to help fund Kurdish Syrian Democratic Forces as they continue to conduct operations against ISIS.
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