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Exclusive: Defense secretary says troops in Syria will 'temporarily' go to Iraq before returning to US
By Devan Cole & Ryan Browne
Pentagon draws up plans for quick Afghanistan withdrawal in case Trump blindsides military
By Carol Lee & Courtney Kube
U.S. Plan to Guard Syrian Oil Fields Sows Confusion
By Keith Johnson & Lara Seligman
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U.S. mulls leaving troops in Syria to guard oil fields
By Susannah George, Kareem Fahim & Karen DeYoung
U.S. Troops Withdrawing From Syria Draw Scorn
By Isabel Coles & Sune Engel Rasmussen
Trump says he may leave some U.S. forces in Syria to protect oil, but not Kurds
By Alex Johnson, Shannon Pettypiece & Saphora Smith