Pentagon move to pull troops from Romania ‘directly at odds’ with Trump strategy: GOP lawmakers

WASHINGTON — The Republican chairmen of the House and Senate Armed Services Committee bashed the Pentagon’s Wednesday decision to remove hundreds of US troops from Romania — which shares a border with Ukraine — arguing the move clashes with the White House’s pressure campaign on Russia.

“This decision … sends the wrong signal to Russia at the very moment President Trump is applying pressure to force Vladimir Putin to come to the table to achieve a lasting peace in Ukraine,” Sen. Roger Wicker (R-Miss.) and Rep. Mike Rogers (R-Ala.) said in a joint statement.

“The President has it exactly right: now is the time for America to demonstrate our resolve against Russian aggression. Unfortunately, the Pentagon’s decision appears uncoordinated and directly at odds with

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