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Done Or Dormant? Council On Foreign Relations Senior Fellow Says ISIS Remains A Force

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NPR  | Sat, Feb 2, 2019

by Gayle Tzemach Lemmon

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The Trump administration says ISIS is no longer a threat. But Gayle Lemmon of the Council on Foreign Relations disagrees. She tells NPR's Scott Simon that ISIS remains dangerous across Syria and Iraq.

SCOTT SIMON, HOST:

The gulf between President Trump and his intelligence officials opened wider this week. On North Korea, Iran and the security threat posed by climate change, the assessment of leaders of the U.S. intelligence agencies differed dramatically from that of the president when they appeared before the Senate Intelligence Committee. When it comes to ISIS, the terror group which President Trump has declared beaten, the director of national intelligence, Dan Coats, said, quote, "ISIS is intent on resurging and still commands thousands of fighters in Iraq and Syria." Gayle Tzemach Lemmon is an adjunct senior fellow at the Council on Foreign Relations and joins us now. Thanks so much for being with us.

GAYLE TZEMACH LEMMON: Great to join you.

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