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U.S. Forces ‘Reposition Over Syria’ After Russian Threat

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American military officials said they wouldn’t give an inch in response to a veiled Russian threat to shoot down U.S. jets. But the line out of the Pentagon wasn’t so defiant.

Kimberly Dozier
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Contributing Editor

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Kimberly Dozier

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