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The Atlantic Politics Daily: Sticks and Stones (and Tweets)


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Today in Politics(Illustration: Paul Spella; Michael Heiman / Getty)President Donald Trump faces backlash after conflicting messages about withdrawing American troops from positions in northeastern Syria—and thus leaving the U.S.’s local partners vulnerable to Turkish invasion.The announcement reportedly took military and State Department officials by surprise. But that it surprises other officials is perhaps unsurprising.“In 20 years of writing about the military, I have never heard officers in high positions express such alarm about a president,” Mark Bowden …read more

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