Update: In his opening statement, Secretary of Defense Mattis said there is “no doubt” the Syrian government was responsible for the recent gas attack which prompted the Trump administration’s bombing of an airfield in Syria and warned that Assad should “think long and hard” before considering similar attacks in the future. Mattis went on say that the recent U.S. activities in Syria should not be interpreted as a “strategy change” in the region but rather solely as a reaction to Assad’s alleged chemical weapon attack.
- MATTIS: `OUR PRIORITY REMAINS THE DEFEAT’ OF ISLAMIC STATE
- MATTIS: ATTACK WAS `SINGULAR’ RESPONSE ON CHEMICAL WEAPONS
- MATTIS: SYRIA STRIKE WASN’T `HARBINGER’ OF STRATEGY CHANGE
- MATTIS: IT’S VERY CLEAR THE ASSAD REGIME PLANNED IT, ORCHESTRATED IT AND EXECUTED IT
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As tensions around the globe continue to mount over the Trump administration’s official policies related to Syria and North Korea, Secretary of Defense James Mattis will take the podium momentarily to offer his first press briefing.
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