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Title: Rep. Tulsi Gabbard makes secret 'fact-finding trip' to Syria
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URL Source: http://www.presstv.ir/Detail/2017/0 ... an-in-secret-visit-to-Damascus
Published: Jan 19, 2017
Author: staff
Post Date: 2017-01-19 08:09:48 by Tatarewicz
Keywords: None
Views: 154
Comments: 3

PressTV... Rep. Tulsi Gabbard (D-HI), joins colleagues and members of the Iraq and Afghanistan Veterans of America in support for the permanent re-authorization of the Zadroga Act. (file photo)

A US congresswoman made a secret "fact-finding trip" to the Syrian capital Damascus days before President-elect Donald Trump takes office.

Democratic Representative and Iraq War veteran Tulsi Gabbard visited Damascus "to meet with a number of individuals and groups including religious leaders, humanitarian workers, refugees and government and community leaders," Gabbard’s spokeswoman confirmed on Wednesday.

The exact dates of the trip were kept secret for security reasons, but her office said the Hawaii lawmaker was currently in the Middle East.

Gabbard, a vocal opponent of the Barack Obama administration's policy of regime change in Syria, has publicly acknowledged that the US government has been supporting terrorists in Syria.

The congresswoman unveiled a measure in Congress late last year that would prohibit Washington from funding or arming militant groups seeking to overthrow the Syrian government, including Fateh al-Sham, al-Qaeda, and Daesh.

"Our limited resources should go toward rebuilding our communities here at home, not fueling more counterproductive regime-change wars abroad," she said on the House floor as she introduced the Stop Arming Terrorists Act.

Gabbard met with Trump two weeks after his election victory in November to discuss Syria policy, raising speculation that the incoming president might consider her for a position in his administration.

The lawmaker said at the time that she shared with Trump her “grave concerns that escalating the war in Syria by implementing a so-called no fly/safe zone would be disastrous for the Syrian people, our country and the world."

Gabbard has argued that Syria would descend further into chaos if President Bashar al-Assad relinquishes power in the midst of the deadly conflict.

In his first interview after his election, Trump told The Wall Street Journal that the US should shift its resources to fighting Daesh terrorists rather than trying to oust President Assad.

“My attitude was you’re fighting Syria, Syria is fighting ISIS [Daesh], and you have to get rid of ISIS…Now we’re backing rebels against Syria, and we have no idea who these people are,” he told the newspaper on November 11.

The president-elect also raised the prospect of possible rapprochement with Russia in order to find a solution to the Syria conflict.


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Looks like AIPAC missed Hawaii. How is that possible?

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#1. To: Tatarewicz (#0)

Looks like AIPAC missed Hawaii. How is that possible?

Trump should forget Tillson and make her Secretary of State.

Ada  posted on  2017-01-19   9:50:27 ET  Reply   Trace   Private Reply  


#2. To: Ada (#1)

Yep, Tulsi's a sharp cookie; she got my support because of her clear thinking and acting.

“The most dangerous man to any government is the man who is able to think things out... without regard to the prevailing superstitions and taboos. Almost inevitably he comes to the conclusion that the government he lives under is dishonest, insane, intolerable.” ~ H. L. Mencken

Lod  posted on  2017-01-19   9:59:32 ET  Reply   Trace   Private Reply  


#3. To: Ada (#1)

Although Gabbard was against wars there may be too much military in her background for promotion of amicable relations. Better Tillerson who is more interested in industry and trade which meet people's needs.

Tatarewicz  posted on  2017-01-20   5:34:06 ET  Reply   Trace   Private Reply  


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