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    Senate Republicans Rebuke President On Syria And Afghanistan Policy

    Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell's resolution opposing a "precipitous withdrawal" from Syrian was backed by many GOP Senators who disagree with the president's foreign policy.
    by Tim Mak Jan 31, 2019 3 minutes
    Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell led the effort to pass an amendment maintaining support for keeping U.S. troops in Syria and Afghanistan to fight ISIS and Al Qaeda.

    Republicans have had no shortage of foreign policy disagreements with President Trump, whose presidential campaign ran diametrically opposed to many central tenets of traditional GOP stances in international affairs.

    The GOP-controlled Senate voted again to go on the record with more push-back on foreign policy — this time on Syria.

    Led by Republican Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, the Senate advanced a resolution 68-23 that warned against a "precipitous withdrawal" from the Middle East

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