Obama’s Escalation Plan Unlikely to Satisfy Senate Hawks Additional 1,500 Ground Troops Well Short of the War New Senate Wants
Incoming Hawkish Senate Drawing Up War Plans Sen. McCain Reveals Planning Meetings Already Taking Place
Hawks Triumph in Senate; Will Push More Aggressive US Policy Ernst, Cotton Lead Incoming Class of Hawks
House Bans War Powers Resolution Actions Until After Election Congressmen Desperate to Avoid Pre-Election Vote on War
Kerry Touts ISIS War, Hypes Iraq ‘Success Story’ Insists No Legal Argument President Can't Launch Unilateral War
Pentagon Officials Tell Senate: ISIS War Will Be Long and Difficult Hagel, Dempsey Offer Few Details, No Guarantees
House Increasingly Divided on Plan to Arm Syria Rebels Senate Leaders Agree to Pass House Bill, But Will House?
Congress Sees New War on ISIS as Ticket Out of Sequestration Hawks See Chance to Hike Pentagon Spending
