Senator Pushes For Ban On Ground Troops In War Against ISIS Before 2016
WASHINGTON -- As the debate in Congress over whether to authorize the ongoing war against the Islamic State drags on, one lawmaker is pushing for a more immediate vote, focused solely on banning large-scale deployments of U.S. ground troops to Iraq and Syria.
Speaking to reporters on Monday, Sen. Chris Murphy (D-Conn.) cited the 2016 presidential elections as a race against the clock for those concerned about recommitting American ground troops abroad.
“President Obama is only in office for the next year and a half. And as we sit here today, Jeb Bush is launching a candidacy with Paul Wolfowitz as one of his primary foreign policy advisors,” he said, referring to one of the chief architects of the 2003 Iraq War under former President George W. Bush.
“There’s nothing about the last 15 years in Iraq that’s an advertisement for the large-scale deployment of ground troops,” said Murphy.
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