On the recordMarch 7, 2016
To answer your question as to whether or not there was intervention from a higher level of the White House in this particular incident, the answer is absolutely not.
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congress.govTo answer your question as to whether or not there was intervention from a higher level of the White House in this particular incident, the answer is absolutely not.
Clarifying that the White House did not intervene in military engagements.
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