Bolton: Trump ‘Is Determined to Find a Way To Get a Peaceful Resolution in Afghanistan’

RUSH EXCERPT:

BOLTON: Well I think the president’s view has not changed since the campaign. I think he is determined to find a way to get a peaceful resolution in Afghanistan. We’ve looked at several different possibilities to get the Taliban and others directly engaged with the government of Afghanistan. There have been some signs that’s moving in the right direction. We have a new commander of the allied forces coming into Afghanistan in the – in the next several weeks. He’ll want to take a look at the circumstances there. I – I don’t rule out that we’d have a change in some of the things we’re doing there, but the president’s view is that he’ll – he’ll support the government of Afghanistan in its efforts to see if the Taliban are finally ready to talk seriously."