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Trump Defends Syria Withdrawal: 'It's Not Our Border'

The president's comments come ahead of a press conference with his Italian counterpart, Sergio Mattarella, and follows the Democratic primary debate in Ohio on Tuesday night.
President Trump meets with President Sergio Mattarella of Italy in the Oval Office on Wednesday.

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President Trump is defending his decision to pull U.S. troops out of Syria, saying, "They have a problem at the border; it's not

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