President Barack Obama’s intention to send up to 300 additional military advisers to Iraq received initial bipartisan support, even as some Republicans continue to call for immediate strikes.
As US Secretary of State John Kerry heads to the region to deal with the crisis in Iraq, Congress so far is giving the president a wide berth to act as he sees fit, although lawmakers — especially Democrats — are putting the White House on notice that they won’t agree to a military escalation.
