Chris Wallace to KT McFarland on Civilian Causalities: Is Trump ‘Exercising Enough Oversight’ over Military?

‘Just this week, 18 Syrian allies who — rebels who were allies of us, were killed in a friendly fire incident by U.S. forces’

RUSH EXCERPT:
WALLACE: "This week, the U.S. dropped the largest nonnuclear bomb in our arsenal, the largest it’s ever used in combat on a cave complex in Afghanistan, killing dozens of ISIS fighters. Here was President Trump’s explanation."
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TRUMP: "What I do is I authorized my military. We have the greatest military in the world and they’ve done a job as usual. So, we have given them total authorization and that’s what they’re doing. And, frankly, that’s why they’ve been so successful lately."
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WALLACE: "But, KT, while that apparently was a success, there have been some tragic mistakes recently. Just this week, 18 Syrian allies who — rebels who were allies of us, were killed in a friendly fire incident by U.S. forces. The question some people are asking is: is the White House exercising enough oversight?"

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