Syria Needs US Troop Presence to Thwart Islamic State: Pentagon Chief

Lloyd Austindefense Secretary

I think that we still have some work to do in terms of keeping a foot on the throat of ISIS,

Austin said

Lloyd Austindefense Secretary

But for now I think we have to protect our interests there,

Austin added

Lloyd Austindefense Secretary

I think ISIS fighters would enter back into the mainstream,

Austin said at Ramstein Air Base in Germany, where he traveled to discuss military aid for Ukraine with about 50 partner nations