Speaking on ABC's 'This Week,' Bolton said the president has been 'as clear as clear can be,' despite Trump's previous declarations of victory over ISIS.
and Iraq and that ISIS itself is growing in other parts of the world. The ISIS threat will remain."
"While ISIS has been battered by the Syrian Democratic Forces and coalition forces, we should be clear in our understanding that what we are seeing now is not the surrender of ISIS as an organization but a calculated decision to preserve the safety of their families and preservation of their capabilities by taking their chances in camps for internally displaced persons, and going to ground in remote areas and waiting for the right time for a resurgence," Votel said.
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