JUST IN: GStephanopoulos: 'The Turks said they got everything they wanted.' Sec. of State Mike Pompeo: 'I was there. It sure didn't feel that way when we were negotiating ... we achieved the outcome that President Trump sent us to achieve.'
The secretary of state defended the ceasefire that he and Vice President Mike Pence brokered with Turkey and responded to criticism from both Kurdish fighters and Republicans on the Hill, on ABC's"This Week."
The U.S. and Turkey reached an agreement on Thursday to"pause" Turkey's military operations in northern Syria for five days to allow Kurdish forces to withdraw from a buffer zone. If the withdrawal is complete after that time, Turkey will halt its operation and the U.S. will lift sanctions on Turkish officials.
U.S. officials were calling the agreement a ceasefire while Turkish officials have referred to it as a pause. Despite the deal taking effect on Thursday, eyewitness reports indicated that shelling continued through Thursday night and into Friday morning.
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