Trump signs new counterterrorism strategy
Key takeaways
- Gorka, the White House counterterrorism director, told reporters Trump signed the document on Tuesday “driven by the principle that America is our homeland and must be protected.”
- The United States has destroyed dozens of boats as part of what Washington has called a counternarcotics campaign linked to an operation that included the ouster of Venezuelan leader Nicolas Maduro this year.
- Gorka said U.S. counterterrorism officials will meet with international partners on Friday to ask how allies can increase efforts to combat terrorist threats, especially from Iran and in the Strait of Hormuz.
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Add ARY News on Google AAResize President Donald Trump has signed a new national counterterrorism strategy that focuses in part on the “neutralization” of hemispheric threats and incapacitating cartel operations, top White House adviser Sebastian Gorka said on Wednesday.
Gorka, the White House counterterrorism director, told reporters Trump signed the document on Tuesday “driven by the principle that America is our homeland and must be protected.”
The United States has destroyed dozens of boats as part of what Washington has called a counternarcotics campaign linked to an operation that included the ouster of Venezuelan leader Nicolas Maduro this year.