Washington Free Beacon
April 9, 2018
White House Homeland Security Advisor Thomas Bossert said not to “take anything off the table” Sunday with regard to a military response by the U.S. to a reported chemical weapons attack by the Bashar al-Assad regime in Syria.
Reports emerged Saturday of a Syrian attack on the Damascus suburb of Douma that left at least 70 people dead. The State Department has condemned the attack, and President Donald Trump warnedof a “big price to pay” from his Twitter account Sunday morning.
Bossert said he was struck by this being the one-year anniversary of the Assad regime’s chemical attack in 2017 that led to Trump ordering a targeted strike against a Syrian air base. This was an issue on which countries across the globe had agreed was an “unacceptable practice,” Bossert said.
“So is it possible there will be another missile attack?” ABC host Martha Raddatz asked.
“I wouldn’t take anything off the table. These are horrible photos. We’re looking into the attack at this point,” Bossert said.
This article was posted: Monday, April 9, 2018 at 7:39 am
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