The international effort against Islamic militants will top news shows on Sunday.
Top officials from the Obama administration and leading lawmakers will discuss the issue in a series of interviews, which come days after other countries formally joined the fight against the Islamic State in Iraq and Syria (ISIS), which is also known as ISIL.
Britain, Denmark and Belgium have all recently agreed to send fighter jets to join the campaign against the organization, which has claimed large swaths of Iraq and Syria.
This week, British Prime Minister David Cameron called Parliament back from recess to vote on its participation in the strikes, lending a boost of support to the U.S. effort.
A similar vote is unlikely in Washington, where lawmakers have disagreed over whether or not congressional authorization is needed for U.S. strikes. House Speaker John Boehner (R-Ohio) indicated this week that Congress should wait to debate a new authorization for use of military force until next year, when the new crop of lawmakers has been sworn in.
The Obama administration has maintained that it has the legal power to launch strikes against ISIS in Iraq and Syria under votes cast in the wake of Sept. 11, 2001 terrorist attacks, but the president has nonetheless said he would welcome congressional backing.
http://thehill.com/blogs/blog-briefing-room/news/219092-isis-fight-to-top-sunday-shows
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