Dems, GOP knock Obama plan for troops in Syria

October 31, 2015 02:55

Both Democrats and Republicans on Capitol Hill took issue with President Barack Obama's decision Friday to deploy U.S. troops to Syria -- for different reasons.

Several Democrats broke with their president to criticize a move that puts American boots on the ground and cautioned against mission creep.

Some also called on their own chambers to pass a resolution authorizing the use of force against ISIS, something the administration sought earlier in the year but which has stalled in Congress.

Many Republicans, meanwhile, called Obama's new anti-ISIS plan too little, too late and questioned its utility.

And both parties called for the administration to sketch out a more detailed strategy for taking on ISIS, also called ISIL.

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