Inside the Pentagon highlights

A few must-reads from this week's Inside the Pentagon:

1. 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).

Full story: GOP looks to increase counter-ISIL budget in omnibus spending bill

2. The Pentagon's efforts to audit the military departments' fiscal year 2015 finances have discovered problems with incomplete universes of transactions, weak information technology controls and insufficient support infrastructure, according to a new report.

Full story: New audit report sees continued challenges

3. Figuring out how to fund the upcoming nuclear modernization bow wave will be the greatest acquisition challenge facing the next administration, according to Pentagon Comptroller Mike McCord.

Full story: McCord: Nuclear modernization bow wave is 'biggest acquisition problem'