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Trump tweets 'mission accomplished' after U.S.-led coalition's airstrike on Syria

Scenes From Syria
By Cox Media Group National Content Desk
April 14, 2018

President Donald Trump announced a U.S.-led attack on Syria in a statement Friday night from the White House. Saturday morning, Trump tweeted “mission accomplished” and said that the attack was “a perfectly executed strike” and thanked the United Kingdom and France for their help.

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