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Trump Says Will Do 'Whatever Is Necessary' to Protect U.S.

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Jan.26 -- U.S. President Donald Trump discusses the nation's efforts to fight global terrorism and get rid of nuclear weapons in the Korea peninsula. Trump delivered a speech at the World Economic Forum's annual meeting in Davos,...
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US VP Pence: Iran deal is a disaster

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US Vice President Mike Pence told Israel's parliament on Monday that the US Embassy will be moved from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem by the end of 2019, ahead of schedule, receiving a rousing ovation as he pledged to barrel ahead with a plan...
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US troops continue assisting Iraq forces along Syria border as wider US drawdown begins

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American troops have started to draw down from Iraq following Baghdad's declaration of victory over the Islamic State group last year, according to Western contractors at a US-led coalition base in Iraq. Dozens of American...
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CLEAN : Tillerson says end of combat does not spell end of IS (2)

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Washington's top envoy Tuesday called on allies to keep fighting the Islamic State group saying that the end of major combat did not mean enduring defeat of the extremists
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CLEAN : US envoy Tillerson in Egypt at start of tour meets with FM

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US Secretary of State Rex Tillerson held talks Monday in Cairo with Foreign Minister Sameh Shoukry at the start of a Middle East tour
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Netanyahu vows that Iran will never have a military base in Syria

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Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said on Wednesday that his country would never allow Iran to establish a military base in Syria. His remarks came during a speech at a gathering of Jewish leaders in Jerusalem. ...
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Trump: Security Guards Don't Love Schoolchildren

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President Donald Trump said he has spoken to House Speaker Paul Ryan and Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell about his plans to curb gun violence and bolster school safety in the aftermath of the deadly Florida high school shooting. ...
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Cadáveres siguen tirados meses después de combates en Irak

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RESTRICTION SUMMARY: STORYLINE: Decenas de cadáveres de presuntos combatientes del grupo Estado Islámico siguen tirados en un vecindario de la Ciudad Vieja de Mosul, unos ocho meses después de que Irak...
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Trump to Make a Decision on Syria 'Very Quickly'

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President Donald Trump says he wants to pull U.S. troops out of war-torn Syria to bring them home to "start rebuilding our nation." Trump says he expects to make a decision "very quickly." Trump says the...
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Trump: we will leave 'strong and lasting footprint' in Syria

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President Donald Trump says U.S. troops will come home from Syria, but he wants to leave a "strong and lasting footprint" in the region. Trump's comment signaled a softening in tone. Trump was insisting just a few weeks ago...
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State Dept officials grilled on Syria, Iran and IS

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Officials from the State Department testified before the House Foreign Affairs Committee in Washington on Wednesday, outlining U.S. policy in Syria, as an internal White House quarrel over the timing of new Russia sanctions played out in...
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Trump: 'Strong and Lasting Footprint' in Syria

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President Donald Trump says U.S. troops will come home from Syria, but he wants to leave a "strong and lasting footprint" in the region. Trump's comment signaled a softening in tone. Trump was insisting just a few weeks ago...
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Mattis: US will not cut support for military operations against insurgents in Mali

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US Defense Secretary Jim Mattis said on Tuesday that the US will not reduce its support for the French-led military operations against insurgents in Mali.
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Co-Nobel laureate praises Yazidi survivors at human rights conference in Paris

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Foreign fighters, including many Europeans, took a leading role in carrying out the Islamic State group's atrocities against minority Yazidis, an international human rights group said Thursday, citing testimony and documentation from...
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Families of IS fighters stranded in Iraq camps

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The widows and children of men who had ties to the Islamic State (IS) militant group are left isolated in displacement camps in northern Iraq, shunned by their home communities and treated as alleged affiliates.  
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Displaced Iraqis still living in poor conditions in camps

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One year from the Iraqi government announcement of the defeat of the Islamic State (IS) group in Iraq and Syria, many people are still living in terrible conditions in displacement camps as well as other areas in Iraq.
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Pompeo holds news conference with Shoukry

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US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo confirmed on Thursday that the United States will be withdrawing its troops from Syria, as President Donald Trump announced, stressing it does not mean it would stop fighting Islamic State group (IS)...
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Graham: chaos if US withdrawal from Syria unplanned

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A US withdrawal from Syria that has not been thought through would lead to "chaos," US Senator Lindsey Graham warned Saturday, urging President Donald Trump not to get out without a plan.
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Graham: Trump open to deals to end shutdown

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U.S. Senator Lindsey Graham said on Sunday that President Donald Trump is considering making a deal with Democrats in an effort to end a partial government shutdown and accomplish his long-promised border wall.
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Graham calls US Syria withdrawal 'pause situation'

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Senator: Trump slowing down Syria troop pullout

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US President Donald Trump has ordered a slowdown to the withdrawal of US forces in Syria, Republican Senator Lindsey Graham said on Sunday.
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Trump open to 'making deals' to end shutdown

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U.S. Senator Lindsey Graham said Sunday that President Donald Trump is considering making a deal with Democrats in an effort to end a partial government shutdown and accomplish his long-promised border wall.
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Trump: Not looking to declare emergency right now

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President Donald Trump tamped down expectations that he is close to declaring a national emergency to get the money he desires to build his long-promised U.S.-Mexico border wall as a three-week impasse closing parts of the government...