McCain drafting new strategy for Afghanistan

By Justin Doubleday / July 31, 2017 at 3:42 PM
Senate Armed Services Committee Chairman John McCain (R-AZ) will attempt to legislate a new plan for the 16-year war in Afghanistan, as the Trump administration continues to debate its new strategy for the conflict. In a statement released by his office Monday, McCain said he would offer the Afghanistan strategy as an amendment when the fiscal year 2018 defense authorization bill reaches the Senate floor in September. "More than six months after President Trump's inauguration, there still is no strategy...

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