ISIS War Generals to Congress: We Need the State Department

• By Caroline Houck Atlantic Media fellow at Defense One Read bio

March 9, 2017 | http://www.defenseone.com/politics/2017/03/isis-war-generals-congress-we-need-state-department/136051/?oref=defenseone_today_nl

One week after Trump proposed shifting billions from the State Department to the Pentagon, two of the top U.S. generals in the Middle East and Africa say they need diplomatic help.

If President Donald Trump wants to “start winning wars again,” he would do well to fund the State Department’s non-military work in the Middle East and Africa and plan for long-term political solutions, the two top U.Shttp://www.defenseone.com/politics/2017/03/isis-war-generals-congress-we-need-state-department/136051/?oref=defenseone_today_nl