U.S. lawmakers embrace fight against Islamic State, some question Obama plan | Reuters

U.S. lawmakers embrace fight against Islamic State, some question Obama plan | Reuters: "Connecticut Democratic Senator Chris Murphy said he, like Obama, favored working with partners in the region.

    "I think he laid out a very compelling case," he said.

    Still, Murphy had misgivings about arming and training Syrian rebels. "I have long been a skeptic of our ability to maneuver the nuances of an increasingly complicated civil war inside Syria," he said.

Islamic State's brutality and lightning takeover of large swathes of Iraq and Syria have galvanized the public, and their elected representatives"



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