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Pompeo says US has 'more work ahead' to defeat ISIS

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Pompeo says US has 'more work ahead' to defeat ISIS

Donald Trump on 19 December 2018 said:
“We have defeated ISIS in Syria.”

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Four Americans were killed in a Jan 16, 2019 suicide bombing by ISIS in Manbij, Syria.

2/6/19
Secretary of State Mike Pompeo on Wednesday sought to reassure allies of the US' commitment to the fight against ISIS, despite nearly two months of tumult and mixed messaging from the Trump administration. In remarks to the Global Coalition to Defeat ISIS ministerial at the Department of State, Pompeo acknowledged that "there is more work ahead of us" to permanently defeat ISIS. The recent suicide bombing in Manbij incident shows that ISIS remains a dangerous threat in territory it does not control," Pompeo said. That attack, for which ISIS claimed responsibility, killed four Americans and at least 10 other people. However, Pompeo claimed that the fight against ISIS "might not necessarily be military-led." "That's why President Trump's announcement that US troops will be withdrawing from Syria is not the end of America's fight," he claimed. The Secretary of State's assertion that the withdrawal is merely a "tactical change" is one that he has used repeatedly since President Donald Trump's December announcement that the US would withdraw its forces from Syria. That unexpected announcement prompted the resignation of Defense Secretary James Mattis and the special presidential envoy to the global coalition, Brett McGurk.

In late December Trump declared that ISIS was defeated. Now it is not? Which is it? State isn't sure, and neither is the Pentagon.

Related: Top US general says Trump did not consult him on Syria announcement
 
Pompeo says US has 'more work ahead' to defeat ISIS



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Four Americans were killed in a Jan 16, 2019 suicide bombing by ISIS in Manbij, Syria.



In late December Trump declared that ISIS was defeated. Now it is not? Which is it? State isn't sure, and neither is the Pentagon.

Related: Top US general says Trump did not consult him on Syria announcement

If you saw the speech @ State Dept. this afternoon, it seemed that Trump threw down the challenge to ISIS.

https://youtu.be/IgEzPH5Wq94
 
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