Detailed text transcripts for TV channel - CNN - 20181227:08:16:00
>> no plans at all. in fact we can use this as a bass if we wanted to do something in syria. >> okay, no plans to withdraw troops from iraq. use it as a military bass. and experts don't see this as a particularly smart strategy. in the fight against isis. what are the politics behind this? >> first of all it's a pr trip. this was arranged at short notice. after the resignation of defense secretary mattis. protesting donald trumps approach to the middle east especially syria and approach to afghanistan. it came after the u.s. envoy resigned. and so trump people say he has to regain authority so...
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