chairman of the armed services committee, john mccain. he released a statement saying the president s policy against isis was, quote, self-delusional, and that comes with other gop criticism, lindsey graham said it s clear the president does not know what he s doing on this issue, and john boehner saying the president did not put forth any new winning strategy in the fight against isil. republicans on this committee will go after the secretary of defense and the chairman of the joint chiefs aggressively trying to figure out what it is they believe should be done on the ground, through the air, and with regional allies. all that being said it s important to remember that congress has had an opportunity since this fight went forward in september of last year to move on an authorization for the use of military force. essentially congress could say what the mission against isis is in the middle east. congress has not done that because you have real debate between democrats about whether th
terrorists. 20 minutes from now, ashton carter and joint chiefs chairman martin dempsey will testify before a senate committee to try to explain how america s strategy is working orhow some may say is not working. they insist the plan is a good one but they recognize the u.s. has room for improvement and needs help from other countries as well. if we try to do everything ourselves all across the middle east all across north africa we ll be playing whack-a-mole, and there will be a whole lot of unintended consequences that ultimately make us less secure. all right, luke russert is on capitol hill. bring us up to date on what we can expect as far as any new bround breaking today? braebl no ground breaking news, but do expect ashton carter, the secretary of defense, as well as martin demsty, the chairman of the joint chiefs to undergo pointed and heated questioning from the