Dan Coats: “I think those are two very relevant issues that ought to be thought through and policy ought to be devised.”

ISIS is intent on resurging and still commands thousands of fighters in Iraq and Syria.

I would argue that ours is not working very well and it is--at the moment.

likely to fuel competition for resources, economic distress, and social discontent through 2019 and beyond.

I can confirm that one of my staffers who was aware of the controversy requested that I modify that assessment, but I said no. No, we need to stick to what the analysts have said.