WH Spox: 'I Would Imagine' Trump Would Support Probe Into Yemen Raid
Source: Talking Points Memo
By ESME CRIBB Published FEBRUARY 26, 2017, 11:14 AM EDT
A White House spokesperson said Sunday that President Donald Trump would likely "be supportive" of an investigation into a raid on an al-Qaida base in Yemen that resulted in the first U.S. military combat casualty since he took office.
"Does the President want an investigation?" George Stephanopoulos asked White House principal deputy press secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders on ABC's "This Week."
"I haven't had the chance to speak with him directly about that but I would imagine that he would be supportive of that," she replied.
Chief Special Warfare Operator William "Ryan" Owens died Jan. 28 of wounds sustained in Yemen during the first counter-terrorism operation of Trump's presidency. Trump traveled to Dover Air Force Base in Delaware in February to join Owens' family and meet his remains.
White House press secretary Sean Spicer said in February that anybody questioning the success of the raid was doing "a disservice to the life of Chief Ryan Owens."
Read more: http://talkingpointsmemo.com/livewire/sarah-huckabee-sanders-trump-investigation-yemen-raid
DinahMoeHum
(21,861 posts)n/t
Chemisse
(30,831 posts)EarthFirst
(2,908 posts)In fact, he DOES!
keithbvadu2
(37,145 posts)Success? Such a success that they bragged about capturing a video that had been on line for several years.
Trump's incompetent plan killed Chief Owens.
Tanuki
(14,933 posts)of golf the day he played a full 18 hole course. In her daddy's phrase, she's a jawbone of an ass.
Ligyron
(7,660 posts)Achilleaze
(15,543 posts)I for one question the success of the raid, and I also honor and respect the sacrifice of Ryan Owens and his grieving family.
They have every right to ask hard questions. If republicans have a shred of honor, they will want answers as well.
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