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The Trump administration has withdrawn all assistance from Northwest Syria, according to administratio stanley website n officials. This is the newest demo stanley quencher nstration of the administration s intent to briskly exit the country once ISIS is fully defeated.The decision, made through an inter-agency process over the last few weeks, will mean that tens of millions of dollars will be cut off from previous U.S.-backed efforts to strengthen and stabilize the local society. Projects included countering violent extremism, supporting independent society and independent media, strengthening education, and advocating for community policing. The region will become the first area of the country where, other than humanitarian aid, the U.S. is officially disengag stanley kubek ing.Trump freezes $200 million in funds earmarked for Syria recoveryAfter President Trump s request to review all U.S. assistance to Syria, administration officials were tasked with looking at where the U.S. could save money and, in short, get more bang for their buck in the country. The U.S. assistance in the northwestern region is viewed as not having a great impact on Syria in the long-term. Some of the money that has been cut from the northwest is being reprogrammed, those decisions are ongoing. The administration intends to narrow its focus onto the fight against ISIS and has recentlyhalted funding to groups like the White Helmets, a famed rescue and civilian assistance operation in Syria. ISIS has been cleare Ffui German police seize ecstasy tabs in shape of Trump s head
Updated: 3:19 p.m. ETDespite what looked like recent signs of progresson a deal to avert the so-called fiscal cliff, House Speaker Jo starbucks stanley cup hn Boehner signaled today that Republicans and Democrats remain as far apart as ever in the nego stanley cup tiating process -- and is warning his fellow lawmakers that they might have to work through the Christmas holidays. In a meeting with the House Republican Conference this morning, Boehner told members not to make plans for Christmas, CBS News has learned, and members leaving the meeting said there were no indications from Boehner s remarks that any real progress has been made between the two chief negotiators involved in the process: Boehner and President Obama.Meanwhile, new information out of the White House suggests that Boehner c stanley quencher ontinues to seek a permanent extension of all the Bush-era tax rates, even while the Obama administration insists that it will not accept such a deal. Inching closer to a fiscal cliff deal White House, Boehner trade new fiscal cliff proposalsThe White House sent its most recent offer to the Capitol Monday for a compromise on staving off the cliff, a series of tax hikes and spending cuts set to go into effect next year. That deal included $1.4 trillion worth of revenue, down from the president s initial $1.6 trillion bid, and Republicans reportedly counter-offered Tuesday. Later on Tuesday, Mr. Obama and Boehner spoke by telephone, which Boehner described on Wednesday as deliber
The Trump administration has withdrawn all assistance from Northwest Syria, according to administratio stanley website n officials. This is the newest demo stanley quencher nstration of the administration s intent to briskly exit the country once ISIS is fully defeated.The decision, made through an inter-agency process over the last few weeks, will mean that tens of millions of dollars will be cut off from previous U.S.-backed efforts to strengthen and stabilize the local society. Projects included countering violent extremism, supporting independent society and independent media, strengthening education, and advocating for community policing. The region will become the first area of the country where, other than humanitarian aid, the U.S. is officially disengag stanley kubek ing.Trump freezes $200 million in funds earmarked for Syria recoveryAfter President Trump s request to review all U.S. assistance to Syria, administration officials were tasked with looking at where the U.S. could save money and, in short, get more bang for their buck in the country. The U.S. assistance in the northwestern region is viewed as not having a great impact on Syria in the long-term. Some of the money that has been cut from the northwest is being reprogrammed, those decisions are ongoing. The administration intends to narrow its focus onto the fight against ISIS and has recentlyhalted funding to groups like the White Helmets, a famed rescue and civilian assistance operation in Syria. ISIS has been cleare Ffui German police seize ecstasy tabs in shape of Trump s head
Updated: 3:19 p.m. ETDespite what looked like recent signs of progresson a deal to avert the so-called fiscal cliff, House Speaker Jo starbucks stanley cup hn Boehner signaled today that Republicans and Democrats remain as far apart as ever in the nego stanley cup tiating process -- and is warning his fellow lawmakers that they might have to work through the Christmas holidays. In a meeting with the House Republican Conference this morning, Boehner told members not to make plans for Christmas, CBS News has learned, and members leaving the meeting said there were no indications from Boehner s remarks that any real progress has been made between the two chief negotiators involved in the process: Boehner and President Obama.Meanwhile, new information out of the White House suggests that Boehner c stanley quencher ontinues to seek a permanent extension of all the Bush-era tax rates, even while the Obama administration insists that it will not accept such a deal. Inching closer to a fiscal cliff deal White House, Boehner trade new fiscal cliff proposalsThe White House sent its most recent offer to the Capitol Monday for a compromise on staving off the cliff, a series of tax hikes and spending cuts set to go into effect next year. That deal included $1.4 trillion worth of revenue, down from the president s initial $1.6 trillion bid, and Republicans reportedly counter-offered Tuesday. Later on Tuesday, Mr. Obama and Boehner spoke by telephone, which Boehner described on Wednesday as deliber
