GOP looks to increase counter-ISIL budget

By Tony Bertuca / November 17, 2015 at 2:35 PM
A team of House GOP committee chairmen has been asked by the majority leader to craft new policy proposals to address the threat posed by the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant, some of which could be attached to an upcoming omnibus spending bill in December, according to House Armed Services Committee Chairman Mac Thornberry (R-TX). "I think there could be provisions in the omnibus that reflect the things that we are talking about," he told reporters Tuesday. "We're...

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