As the administration touts success in the campaign against the Islamic State, lawmakers are focusing on what comes next to make sure U.S. forces are not back in the Middle East fighting the same battles for a third time.
Brett McGurk, the State Department’s special presidential envoy for the global coalition to counter the Islamic State, said Tuesday that civilians are expected to begin returning to recently liberated Fallujah next month and that Islamic State leaders are being killed on average one every three days.
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