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    The Senate Must Rein In Trump

    Unless Congress acts, the Kurds may not be the last allies this president abandons.
    by Chris Coons Oct 18, 2019 3 minutes
    Source: Khalil Ashawi / Reuters

    After President Donald Trump’s disastrous decision to abandon the Kurds and withdraw our troops from northern Syria, Congress spent this past week trying to decide how best to respond. A resolution of denunciation? Tough sanctions on Turkey? Reconsider our relationship with Turkey? Convene the coalition against ISIS and consider how to recapture or even track the hundreds of escaped fighters?

    I think we have an even bigger problem on our hands.

    Until now, it was reasonable to debate whether Trump was simply an unconventional

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