Pelosi: Syria briefing still needed after al-Baghdadi briefing
By Rebecca Kheel - 10/30/19 03:21 PM EDT
Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) said Wednesday the Trump administration still owes the House a briefing on the situation in Syria with Turkey after defense and intelligence officials briefed lawmakers following the raid that killed ISIS leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi.
“We had asked for a briefing on Syria, they wanted to give us a briefing on al-Baghdadi,†she told reporters after the briefing. “We welcomed that, and we congratulate our forces that did that so successfully. We still want the briefing on Syria and Turkey.â€
Asked if the briefers at the classified session were unprepared to answer questions on Syria and Turkey, Pelosi said she “can’t go into what happened in there.â€
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