SIMI VALLEY, CA -- House Armed Services Committee Chairman Mac Thornberry (R-TX) today offered lukewarm support for a two-week extension to a stopgap spending measure needed to avert a government shutdown, but said he has told House Speaker Paul Ryan (R-WI) his support will not continue past Christmas. "I think a number of members are willing to give another couple of weeks to find a deal," he told Inside Defense in an interview at the Reagan National Defense Forum...