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quarrel over timing on sanctions

By JILL COLVIN and ZEKE ready." Speaker Paul Ryan, R-Wis.,
MILLER But Monday came and applauded the adminis-
PALM BEACH, Fla. (AP) — went without an an- tration Tuesday as having
U.N. Ambassador Nikki Hal- nouncement. "moved miles in the right
ey on Tuesday fired back On Tuesday, following direction" on Russia policy.
against a Trump admin- Kudlow's remark that she "Not only did we scuttle the
istration official who said must have been confused, reset, not only are we now
she was suffering from "mo- Haley said in a statement sanctioning Russian citi-
mentary confusion" when to Fox News: "With all due zens, not only are we sanc-
she announced new sanc- respect, I don't get con- tioning Russian oligarchs, In this April 13, 2018, photo, Nikki Haley, U.S. ambassador to the
tions against Russia were fused." we're sanctioning Russia United Nations, speaks during a Security Council meeting at
imminent, saying, "With all The dispute between Hal- itself. q United Nations headquarters. Associated Press
due respect, I don't get ey's team and the White
confused." House had been play-
A striking intra-administra- ing out largely behind the
tion quarrel played out in scenes since Haley's ini-
public when National Eco- tial comments. The White
nomic Council Director House has been struggling
Larry Kudlow told reporters to explain Haley's remarks
during a briefing in Florida amid reports that Trump
that Haley "got ahead of put the brakes on the new
the curve" when she said sanctions. Several adminis-
the U.S. would be slapping tration officials have disput-
new sanctions on Russia on ed that characterization,
Monday in retaliation for saying Haley was out of the
the country's support for loop.
Syria's Assad government One senior administration
after its latest suspected official said that, under the
chemical attack. plan conceived last week,
Kudlow said additional the sanctions would have
sanctions are under con- been announced Friday
sideration but have yet to night, at the same time
be implemented. Of Haley, U.S., French, and British
he said, "There might have forces launched a missile
been some momentary strike on Syrian President
confusion about that." Bashar Assad's chemical
Haley had said Sunday weapons facilities. But the
during an appearance sanctions were not ready in
on "Face the Nation" that time for Trump's Friday night
Treasury Secretary Steven statement, so they were
Mnuchin would be an- delayed.
nouncing new sanctions The official said a deci-
directed at companies as- sion was then made to
sociated with Syria's chemi- announce the sanctions
cal weapons program on as an answer to Russia's
Monday, "if he hasn't al- response to the strikes. But
that plan was reevaluated
and then put on hold over
the weekend as it became
clear that Russia's response
was less robust than antici-
pated. The official was not
authorized to discuss pri-
vate administration delib-
erations publicly and spoke
to The Associated Press on
condition of anonymity.
On Capitol Hill, House