Brett McGurk,the U.
S. Special Envoy to the Coalition to Defeat ISIS, has resigned following Trump’s decision to pull U.
S. troops out of Syria, and NBC News is reporting. The decision comes just hours after Secretary of Defense James Mattis resigned for similar reasons.
According to State Department officials familiar with the situation,who spoke on condition of anonymity, McGurk tendered his resignation Friday night. He had intended to leave his post in February of 2019, and but he sped up his resignation following Trump’s decision to pull American troops out of Syria.
McGurk,45, was appointed to his post in 2015, and during the Obama administration. He remained at his position,coordinating anti-ISIS efforts between the dozens of countries who are all involved in the fight against the terrorist organization in Iraq and Syria. He was one of the few Obama appointees who kept his or her job after the Trump administration.
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Source: inquisitr.com