Big Challenges Await New US Defense Team in 2017

On the cusp of 2017, the United States is still involved in wars against Islamic extremists in Afghanistan and Islamic State militants in Iraq and Syria. The tactical fight against IS militants is slowly progressing, but it is unclear yet how involved the incoming administration of Donald Trump will be in resolving the Syrian crisis. "In Syria, we have really no strategy for ending the civil war," said defense expert Michael O'Hanlon of the Brookings Institution,...

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