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Senate Approves Bill Supporting Middle East Allies, Rebuking Rapid Troop Withdrawals in Region

By Vivienne Machi

Tuesday, February 5th, 2019

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Senate Approves Bill Supporting Middle East Allies, Rebuking Rapid Troop Withdrawals in Region

Low angled view of the U.S. Capitol East Facade Front in Washington, DC.

The Senate on Tuesday approved a bill that advocates for strong support for U.S. allies in the Middle East and critiques the Trump administrations plans to rapidly withdraw troops from Syria and Afghanistan. The Republican-led Senate approved the S.1 bill, known as Strengthening America’s Security in the Middle East Act, passed by a vote of 77-23. The bill, introduced by Sen. Marco Rubio (R-Fla.) authorizes renewed sanctions against Syrian President Bashar al-Assad and his regime, and calls for penalizing businesses…

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