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Pelosi Statement on White House Announcement of Special Operations Deployment in Syria

October 30, 2015

Contact: Drew Hammill/Evangeline George, 202-226-7616

San Francisco – Democratic Leader Nancy Pelosi released the following statement after the White House announced U.S. special operations troops will be deployed to assist rebels in Syria:

"The Administration has announced that the U.S. intends to put fewer than 50 special operations advisers on the ground in northern Syria. This action, combined with increased support to groups fighting ISIS and strengthened focus on the Turkey-Syria border, is intended to degrade ISIS.

"The unspeakable brutality of ISIS challenges the conscience of the world. It is also imperative that the international community work together to advance a political settlement in Syria and to defeat ISIS. Congress looks forward to additional briefings on the use of our military in Syria and Iraq to counter ISIS."

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