Evening Edition: Rockets Fired Into Green Zone After Troop Drawdown Announced

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🗓️ 17 November 2020

⏱️ 14 minutes

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Acting US Defense Secretary Chris Miller formally announced troop withdrawals from Afghanistan and Iraq saying it fulfills a President Trump policy promise. Moments following the drawdown numbers being announced rockets were fired at the United States Embassy in Baghdad. FOX’s Trey Yingst speaks with FOX's Lucas Tomlinson at the Pentagon, about the reaction to the withdrawal of troops among military leaders and the attack on the Green Zone. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:32.2	I'm Chris Wallace and this is the Fox News rundown.
0:35.8	Tuesday, November 17, 2020. I'm Trey Inks.
0:43.0	President Trump will withdraw more U.S. troops from Iraq and Afghanistan before leaving office.
0:48.1	Acting Defense Secretary Christopher Miller announced today.
0:51.4	Less than an hour later, multiple rockets were fired towards the U.S. embassy in Baghdad.
0:56.0	For the last month, it had been relatively quiet. There had not been rocket attacks against American forces and diplomats around Baghdad.
1:04.2	But starting tonight, moments after the announcement by the new acting defense secretary,
1:11.2	those rockets started firing again.
1:12.8	This is the Fox News rundown,
1:14.6	evening addition.
1:16.8	There are an estimated 4,500 US troops in Afghanistan and 3,000 in Iraq.
1:25.0	The orders will take those numbers down to 2,500 troops in each country.
1:29.0	The move will in part fulfill President Trump's campaign promise to bring American forces home, though the Americans
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