Senator Joni Ernst wants the president to give direct aid to the Kurds in northern Iraq as they fight off ISIS. Ernst said this is an issue valuable to both sides of the aisle, and would give the president the option to work with the Iraqi government to equip the Kursdish Peshmerga. Ernst’s amendment, however, failed…… MORE
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