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Mattis: Strike On Syria Separate From Anti-ISIS Fight, Will Not Delay Defeat Plan

Tuesday, April 11th, 2017

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Mattis: Strike On Syria Separate From Anti-ISIS Fight, Will Not Delay Defeat Plan

Defense Secretary Jim Mattis and Central Command chief Army Gen. Joseph Votel brief the press during an April 11, 2017, briefing at the Pentagon. (Photo by Dan Parsons)

In his first turn briefing the press at the Pentagon as Defense Secretary, Jim Mattis said the recent retaliatory strike against Syria for its use of chemical weapons on civilians is independent of the military’s primary goal of destroying the Islamic State in Iraq and Syria.The April 6 launch of 59 Raytheon [RTN]-built Tomahawk land-attack missiles heavily damaged the Syrian airfield identified by U.S. intelligence as the one from which the gas attack was launched, Mattis said at the April…

Congress

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Congress

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