Mattis: US has ‘skeleton’ plan to defeat Islamic State

Published March 22, 2017 6:56pm ET



Defense Secretary Jim Mattis told Congress Wednesday that the Pentagon is still working on its revised strategy to defeat the Islamic State in Iraq and Syria, and it may be weeks or months before it is finished.

In testimony before the Senate Appropriations subcommittee on defense, Mattis said, “We’ve got the skeleton plan put together. We’re fleshing it out.”

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