I think what you're going to see is strong leadership. "You're going to continue to see the United States act when we need to act".
The comments represented a departure from what Haley had said before the United States hit a Syrian air base with 59 Tomahawk missiles on Thursday in retaliation for what it said was a chemical weapons attack by Assad's forces on Syrian civilians.
Trump, who has long opposed military intervention in Syria, ordered the military attack on a Syrian airbase in Homs province on Friday.
Syrian Deputy UN Ambassador Mounzer Mounzer denied the country's use of chemical weapons, stating at the UN special session that Syria "would never use such weapons in any of its operations against armed terrorist groups".
Haley disagreed, telling Tapper that the US government has evidence.
Tillerson and his Russian counterpart, Sergey Lavrov, spoke by phone on Saturday, according to a statement posted on the official Facebook page of the Russian Foreign Ministry, which said the USA had initiated the call. All of that is naturally classified. "We are prepared to do more but we hope that will not be necessary", she said.
The advisers and cabinet members present included Secretary of Commerce Wilbur Ross, Secretary of State Rex Tillerson, Treasury Secretary Steve Mnunchin, National Security Advisor H.R. McMaster, economic adviser Gary Cohn and chief of staff Reince Priebus.
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The meeting was steeped in geopolitical intrigue, with neither country saying ahead of time if it would take place or not. Presidential campaign, I have to say once again that not a single fact has been confirmed".
The US is "disappointed but not surprised" at Russia's response to its strikes on a Syrian air base suspected of storing chemical weapons.
McMaster said it's time for Russia to change its allegiance: "It's really now up the Russian leadership to reevaluate what they are doing in the Middle East?" They're saying by covering for Assad that they knew that it was there, or they were incompetent by having chemical weapons there in the first place.
"If he needs to do more, he will do more", Haley said when asked if Trump would order more strikes.
Trump's national security adviser, H.R. McMaster, said today that he saw the situation as a "great opportunity" for Russian Federation.
Before Tuesday's attack on the rebel-held town of Khan Sheikhoun, which killed 89 people, Haley had said toppling Assad was not a priority. "Russian Federation should ask themselves, .Why are we supporting this murderous regime that is committing mass murder of its own population?"
Meanwhile, Syrian state media reported that Russian Federation and Iran are drawing red lines after the USA strike. "Russia and Iran will not allow America to dominate the world".
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