Top House Republican: U.S. ground troops 'probably' needed to fight ISIS

Top House Republican: U.S. ground troops 'probably' needed to fight ISIS

House Majority Leader Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) said Sunday the U.S. would "probably" need to deploy ground troops to Syria and Iraq to stop ISIS.

"If we engage in a conflict that we know this is a threat to America, we should make it so one-sided that it gets over very quickly," he said on CBS's Face the Nation. "So we should have everything on the table to make sure we win this."

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Jon Terbush

Jon Terbush is an associate editor at TheWeek.com covering politics, sports, and other things he finds interesting. He has previously written for Talking Points Memo, Raw Story, and Business Insider.