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Pentagon Initially Told Lawmakers Letter Was Faked
January 7, 2020 at 10:56 am EST By Taegan Goddard 70 Comments
https://politicalwire.com/2020/01/07/pentagon-initially-told-lawmakers-letter-was-faked/
"SNIP.....
The Pentagon initially told lawmakers on Capitol Hill the letter announcing U.S. withdrawal from Iraq was faked, The Dispatch reports.
However, Defense Secretary Mark Esper and Gen. Mark Milley, the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, later told reporters that the letter was a mistake that shouldnt have been drafted or released.
....SNIP"
Sanity Claws
(21,862 posts)Or dictate it.
Nothing would surprise me anymore.
dewsgirl
(14,961 posts)in the letter, he saw it as weakness. Therefore we got that mess, who knows what will actually happen.
bluestarone
(17,091 posts)RockRaven
(15,048 posts)It seems not, which IS WHY THEY KEEP DOING IT.
Midnight Writer
(21,819 posts)If it's not on Trump's Twitter feed, it's not real.
flotsam
(3,268 posts)...now the first instinct is to lie? It is truly Trump's administration now.