Contrary to what President Trump has said, experts would not conclude that the Islamic State has been defeated, according to Brett McGurk, the former special presidential envoy for the global coalition to counter ISIS.
McGurk, who resigned from his post last month, said on Monday that none of the military contributors to the global coalition that he and former Secretary of Defense Jim Mattis met with believe ISIS has met its demise.
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