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Donald Trump's counter-terrorism strategy urges allies to do more

The draft strategy paper describes the threat from Islamic militant groups in stark tones

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Jonathan Landay & Warren Strobel | Reuters Washington
A draft of President Donald Trump’s new counter-terrorism strategy demands that US allies shoulder more of the burden in combating Islamist militants, while acknowledging that the threat of terrorism will never be totally eliminated.

The 11-page draft, seen on Friday by Reuters, said the United States should avoid costly, “open-ended” military commitments.

“We need to intensify operations against global jihadist groups while also reducing the costs of American ‘blood and treasure’ in pursuit of our counter-terrorism goals,” states the document, which is expected to be released in coming months.

“We will seek to avoid costly, large-scale US military interventions to achieve counter-terrorism objectives

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