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Top U.S. envoy in fight against ISIS resigns over Trump's Syria withdrawal
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| Contributor | IndyGeorgia |
| Last Edited | IndyGeorgia Dec 22, 2018 01:04pm |
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| Author | Daniel Lippman, Wesley Morgan, Nahal Toosi, and Quint Forgey |
| News Date | Saturday, December 22, 2018 04:40:00 PM UTC0:0 |
| Description | The top U.S. envoy overseeing the effort to defeat the Islamic State terrorist network is resigning in protest over President Donald Trump’s decision to withdraw U.S. troops from Syria.
Brett McGurk‘s decision comes just days after Defense Secretary James Mattis announced he was quitting, a move also spurred in part by Trump’s choice to withdraw the troops. It’s likely that other resignations could follow as outrage has spread in Washington and beyond over Trump’s sudden action.
McGurk, whose official title is Special Presidential Envoy for the Global Coalition to Defeat ISIS, also held top government roles in the George W. Bush and Barack Obama presidential administrations. He submitted his resignation Friday night and informed his staff, a Trump administration official confirmed to POLITICO. The resignation takes effect Dec. 31.
"ISIS is on the run, but it is not yet defeated," McGurk wrote in an email to his team announcing his resignation. |
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