Controversy
Status:Open
Will the US Department of Education Be Dissolved by 2028?
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Claims
Michael Cohen"My sense is that it is unlikely that the Department of Education will be shut down under the Trump administration."Dec 20, 2024
Vivek Ramaswamy"We expect certain agencies [like the Department of Education] to be deleted outright."Nov 18, 2024
Colin P. Clarke"[T]he chaos & anarchy [following the fall of the Assad regime] will inevitably be a boon to the Islamic State."Jan 08, 2025
Mark Schneider"Quite frankly, it's unlikely that we will totally disband the US Department of Education."Dec 20, 2024
Dennis A. Ross"With Assad gone, ISIS will try to re-emerge in what is sure to be chaotic circumstances."Dec 15, 2024
Mona YacoubianIf the Kurds are no longer able to maintain control of its detention sites, "ISIS would virtually overnight burst back onto the scene as a powerful force."Feb 14, 2024
Michael McCaul"If we withdraw our troops from Syria now, we could see a resurgence of ISIS or another lethal successor in a short time."Mar 10, 2023
Thanassis Cambanis"The reality is that [IS] is currently under control but could pose a serious threat if the tenuous order in northeast Syria collapses."Feb 13, 2024
Republican Party"We are going to close the Department of Education in Washington, D.C. and send it back to the States."Jul 08, 2024
Antony Blinken"ISIS will try to use this period to re-establish its capabilities, to create safe havens."Jan 08, 2025
Aymenn Al-Tamimi"It's not necessarily the case that IS manages to regroup and make big gains."Dec 12, 2024
Aron Lund"[I]t's likely that the Islamic State would exploit that [the current security architecture collapse] and gain in power and influence."Feb 14, 2024
Ali al-Hassan"Any [US] withdrawal [from the region] will cause the immediate activation of [IS] sleeper cells."Jan 08, 2025
ABC News"Abolishing the Department of Education, in particular, has been a Republican Party goal since the agency was signed into law by President Jimmy Carter in 1979."Oct 05, 2023
