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Pentagon Pushes Forward on Syria Pullout
(Wall Street Journal) Nancy A. Youssef and Dion Nissenbaum - The U.S. military is moving ahead with plans to withdraw all troops from Syria, in keeping with a White House directive in December. Scores of ground troops are headed toward Syria to help move troops out, and a group of naval vessels headed by the amphibious assault ship USS Kearsarge is headed to the region to back up troops as they are leaving the country, defense officials said.