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ISIS ‘Caliphate’ Defeat is Near, Top Pentagon Officials SayBy Lisa Ferdinando DoD News, Defense Media ActivityWASHINGTON, April 5, 2018 —The defeat of the “caliphate†that the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria claimed in Syria is near, top Defense Department officials said at the Pentagon today.“A lot of great work's been done in Syria,†Marine Corps Lt. Gen. Kenneth F. McKenzie Jr., the director of Joint Staff, said.Speaking at a news conference alongside chief Pentagon spokesperson Dana W. White, McKenzie noted significant progress, adding that the defeat-ISIS efforts are “very close to reaching an end state against the caliphate.â€Read more at: https://www.defense.gov/News/Article/Article/1485882/isis-caliphate-defeat-is-near-top-pentagon-officials-say/