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Pentagon spokesperson Maj. General Patrick Ryder came clean about the shocking discrepancy in a Thursday press conference, acknowledging 2,000 troops — not 900 — are stationed in Syria ...

It did not disclose the increase and instead kept repeating the 900 figure. Speaking at a Pentagon press conference, Ryder said the additional forces had been in Syria “at a minimum months ...