US Lawmaker Calls for Multinational Ground Force in Syria

The chairman of the U.S. House of Representatives' Homeland Security Committee has urged President Barack Obama to form a multinational coalition to build a ground force that can destroy the Islamic State “terrorist sanctuary” in Syria. Speaking at the Heritage Foundation in Washington, Rep. Michael McCaul, a Texas Republican, called for a strategy “overhaul” that places a combined air-and-ground campaign in Syria composed of vetted opposition forces, Western trainers and advisers,...

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