Trump, Mattis: US winning fight against Islamic State group
The United States is winning its fight against the Islamic State group and enlarging an international coalition to defeat the group, Defense Secretary Jim Mattis said Thursday, hours after President Donald Trump said "ISIS is falling fast, very fast."
"We're winning. They're losing. How's that?" an upbeat Mattis told reporters after a closed-door briefing at the Capitol.
Mattis, Secretary of State Rex Tillerson and Gen. Joseph Dunford, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, spoke with House members for more than 90 minutes. Mattis said they updated lawmakers on "where we're at in the defeat-ISIS campaign" and building an international coalition, "which is enlarging as you know."
