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The attack on Syria: Risky, illegal... or about time?
President Trump’s missile strike against Syria last night has changed his relations with Congress -- and the rest of the world.
By Warren Olney • • 51m ListenPhoto: US Navy guided-missile destroyer USS Ross (DDG 71) fires a tomahawk land attack missile in Mediterranean Sea which US Defense Department said was a part of cruise missile strike against Syria on April 7, 2017. (Robert S. Price/Courtesy US Navy/Reuters)
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2 storiesThe attack on Syria: Risky, illegal... or about time?
At dinner last night at Mar-a-Lago, President Trump told China's Xi Jinping that he'd ordered a Tomahawk missile strike against Syria. A bit later, Mr. Trump made a public statement , explaining that he'd retaliated against Bashar al-Assad for Monday's chemical attack that killed at least 80 fellow Syrians, including women and children.
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