Thornberry on President's ISIL Update

"Strategy to defeat ISIL isn't working..."

Washington, DC, July 6, 2015
WASHINGTON - Rep. Mac Thornberry (R-TX), Chairman of the House Armed Services Committee, made the following statement ahead of the President's ISIL briefing at the Pentagon today.

Rep. Mac Thornberry (R-TX), Chairman of the House Armed Services Committee, made the following statement ahead of the President's ISIL briefing at the Pentagon today.

"The President's afternoon at the Pentagon should lead him to the same conclusion I have reached from similar briefings; his strategy to defeat ISIL isn't working. From Libya and Tunisia, to Afghanistan, ISIL continues to advance while we lose ground and time. I hope that the President will acknowledge these realities, end the veto threats on bills that would enhance his ability to take the fight to ISIL, and rethink his own inadequate strategy."