Trump gives Pentagon total authority over troop levels in Afghanistan

‘Donald Trump has given the Pentagon complete authority to set troop levels in Afghanistan, hours after his Defence Secretary suggested the US was losing the war.
Defence Secretary James Mattis told Senate Appropriations Subcommittee on Defence that the President had delegated him complete authority over the number of troops, as he had previously done for the conflicts in Syria and Iraq.
The day before, Mr Mattis had told the Senate Armed Services Committee that the US was “not winning” the war in Afghanistan.’
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