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| https://mcsally.house.gov/media-center/press-releases/us-rep-mcsally-questions-top-us-security-officials-isis-strategy | U.S. Rep. McSally Questions Top U.S. Security Officials on ISIS Strategy | 2015-12-01 | 2015 | 2015-12 | Republican | House | AZ | Martha McSally | M001197 | mcsally.house.gov | legacy | U.S. Rep. McSally Questions Top U.S. Security Officials on ISIS Strategy WASHINGTON, D.C. U.S. Representative Martha McSally today questioned Secretary of Defense Ashton Carter and Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff General Joseph F. Dunford on our ISIS strategy in Iraq and Syria at a House Armed Services Committee hearing. Rep. McSally urged the unleashing of America air power against ISIS and confirmed the critical importance of the A-10 Warthog from the highest ranking military officer in the Armed Forces. Rep. McSally questioned the Administration's delay in assessing how to stop the flow of black market oil, which is estimated to finance ISIS terror with millions of dollars a month. She also hammered officials on their decision not to attack fuel trucks until just recently, 17 months after ISIS declared a caliphate and 15 months after the start of air operations. I just want to be clear. Ive been involved in the targeting process at all levels, if youre driving a truck for a terrorist organization thats fueling them, youre a combatant. Toward the end of her time, Rep. McSally asked General Dunford about the importance of the A-10 in taking out ISIS targets and performing Combat Search and Rescue roles. That exchange is below. Rep. McSally: Is it your assessment theyre critical to this fight? Gen. Dunford: The A-10 has been a valuable platform. Rep. McSally: And do you consider this fight is going to go on for a while? Gen. Dunford: I do. Other quotes Im deeply concerned about the lack of using American air power for all it brings to the fight. It looks like (ISIS) is taking on American air power and winning. And that has added to their propaganda, its added to their metastasizing, its added to the sort of romantic approach to recruiting people to join the fight. It sounds like youre saying things have changed, but in addition to the changes you mentioned, are we changing the cumbersome approval process, can we feel the confidence that were going to unleash and unshackle American air power, and not just be in this limited, impotent mindset? | 1 | 2026-03-30T12:14:52Z | 2026-03-30T12:14:52Z |