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PELOSI, Schiff, Engel and other Dems are in Jordan (Original Post) blaze Oct 2019 OP
Interesting! at140 Oct 2019 #1
Here's a link to Pelosi's statement blaze Oct 2019 #2
Link to NYT article blaze Oct 2019 #3
I realize flying is safe. But OTOH with Trump following dewsgirl Oct 2019 #4
Interesting . . . . Iliyah Oct 2019 #5
I hope this opens up Ron Kinds eyes to the need of impeachment. I think he is still Tech Oct 2019 #6

blaze

(6,376 posts)
3. Link to NYT article
Sun Oct 20, 2019, 08:56 AM
Oct 2019
https://www.nytimes.com/2019/10/20/world/middleeast/pelosi-syria-turkey-jordan.html

“Our bipartisan delegation is visiting Jordan at a critical time for the security and stability of the region,” Ms. Pelosi’s office said in a statement. “With the deepening crisis in Syria after Turkey’s incursion, our delegation has engaged in vital discussions about the impact to regional stability, increased flow of refugees, and the dangerous opening that has been provided to ISIS, Iran and Russia.”

The delegation also discussed issues like “counterterrorism, security cooperation, Middle East peace, economic development and other shared challenges,” the statement said."

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"Jordan is considered a key ally in the Middle East, and the United States gives the country more than a billion dollars in aid every year. The United States also maintains a military base in southern Syria, close to the Jordanian border. Though the Jordanian government is involved in discussions about the future of southern Syria, it has relatively little influence over the conflict in northern Syria."

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"Mr. Trump’s order for the American retreat from its military positions at the other end of Syria — along the Turkish border with northern Syria — set in motion the latest flash point of the eight-year-old Syrian war."

dewsgirl

(14,961 posts)
4. I realize flying is safe. But OTOH with Trump following
Sun Oct 20, 2019, 08:59 AM
Oct 2019

Putin's playbook everyday, I am quite alarmed all of them flew over there together. I am happy they did of course, yet worried.

Tech

(1,773 posts)
6. I hope this opens up Ron Kinds eyes to the need of impeachment. I think he is still
Sun Oct 20, 2019, 09:02 AM
Oct 2019

one of the democrats holding not voting for it.

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