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Will the US Department of Education Be Dissolved Under Trump?

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Michael Cohen"My sense is that it is unlikely that the Department of Education will be shut down under the Trump administration."

Christopher Marsicano"It [abolishing the Education Department] is not going to happen."

Vivek Ramaswamy"We expect certain agencies [like the Department of Education] to be deleted outright."

Colin P. Clarke"[T]he chaos & anarchy [following the fall of the Assad regime] will inevitably be a boon to the Islamic State."

Mark Schneider"Quite frankly, it's unlikely that we will totally disband the US Department of Education."

Aron Lund"Should the current security architecture collapse, such as after a U.S. withdrawal, it’s likely that the Islamic State would exploit that and gain in power and influence."

Ali al-Hassan"Any [US] withdrawal [from the region] will cause the immediate activation of [IS] sleeper cells."

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

ABC News

Michael J. Feuer"I don't think people who are worried about this proposal [to abolish the Education Department] should underestimate the possibility that they [Republicans] could do it."

Donald Trump"We will ultimately eliminate the federal Department of Education."

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

The American Presidency Project

Aaron Blake"The [education] department isn't going to be abolished."

Andrew StoltmannThat [eliminating a federal department] "will likely be impossible."

Antony Blinken"ISIS will try to use this period to re-establish its capabilities, to create safe havens."

Aymenn Al-Tamimi"It's not necessarily the case that IS manages to regroup and make big gains."Dec 12, 2024

RadioFreeEurope/RadioLiberty

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."

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."

Michael RiceThe idea of eliminating the federal department "is an unserious idea."

Michael Itzkowitz"It's more probable that they will look to scale back certain programs that they disagree with [than dissolve the Department of Education altogether]."