President Donald Trump gave approval last week for rolling out airstrikes in Syria as well as new sanctions on Russia, according to three senior administration officials—but U.N. ambassador Nikki Haley wasn’t briefed on changes to the sanctions plan before announcing it Sunday on national television…
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“Russia sanctions were a part of the agreed-upon plan going into the strike and going into the weekend,” said a senior administration official. “As recently as Saturday that was reconfirmed as part of the plan.”
The president halted the sanctions plan on Sunday night, according to a Washington Post report.
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