Video Clip: President Trump Remarks on US Air Strikes on Syria

Description

On April 6, 2017, President Trump announced U.S. air strikes on a Syrian military airfield, saying “It is in this vital national security interest of the United States to prevent and deter the spread and use of deadly chemical weapons.” The airfield was suspected to be the location from which the Syrian military launched a chemical weapons attack against civilians earlier in the week.

3 minutes

Keywords

  • Bashar Al - Assad
  • Commander-in-chief
  • Foreign Policy
  • Military
  • Russia
  • Syria

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