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applegrove

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Mon Apr 30, 2018, 06:48 PM Apr 2018

Trump Promised Paul He'd Pull Troops from Afghanistan

https://politicalwire.com/2018/04/30/trump-promised-paul-hed-pull-troops-from-afghanistan/

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In trying to secure his vote to confirm Mike Pompeo as Secretary of State, President Trump told Sen. Rand Paul (R-KY) that he was prepared to end the war in Afghanistan, the Washington Post reports.

Said Paul: “The president told me over and over again in general we’re getting the hell out of there. I think the president’s instincts and inclination are to resolve the Afghan conflict.”

“The two men discussed no exit dates and did not strike a written agreement… It is unclear just how much Trump’s private conversations signal a public shift in policy or, rather, if they are just maneuvering by a famously transactional leader who often says what he needs to say to make a deal and then reverses himself.”

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Trump Promised Paul He'd Pull Troops from Afghanistan (Original Post) applegrove Apr 2018 OP
And he believed him?!? Phoenix61 Apr 2018 #1
Both... Mike Nelson Apr 2018 #2
That about covers it. SharonClark Apr 2018 #3
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