Gen. Mark Milley, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, said that although the military's footprint will remain small, it's important to keep watch over the Islamic State in Syria to meet the objective of permanently defeating ISIS. Asked about current troop levels in Syria after President
Gen. Mark Milley, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, said that although the military's footprint will remain small, it's important to keep watch over the Islamic State in Syria to meet the objective of permanently defeating ISIS.
EXCLUSIVE: New Joint Chiefs Chairman Gen. Mark Milley tells @martharaddatz there will be"less than a thousand" troops remaining in Syria following Pres. Trump's call to withdraw:"The footprint will be small, but the objective will remain the same." https://t.co/XkPhluPyCg pic.twitter.com/LA3nkpdupP President Donald Trump announced plans to withdraw nearly all American troops from the Kurdish-controlled region in Syria in October, drawing bipartisan backlash in Congress.
"We'll see in the days ahead, in the weeks ahead, in the months ahead if he's able to piece together his organization or not," Milley said on"This Week" Sunday."We'll pay close attention to him and where opportunities arise, we'll go after him as well." "I have learned over the years an active duty military officer is not to comment on active investigations," he said, adding that doing so would be inappropriate.
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