NEW : Senate and House committee hearings on Syria begin this week . Comment: GOP Rep. McKeon : We have to stop asking the military to do more with less . ` There seems to be emerging from this administration a pretty solid plan to upgrade the opposition '' in Syria and to `` get regional players more involved '' in shifting the balance of the Syrian civil war against the al-Assad regime , Graham said . The Syria issue exacerbates an already hostile budget debate in Washington .
NEW : Senate and House committee hearings on Syria begin this week . Comment: GOP Rep. McKeon : We have to stop asking the military to do more with less . The Syria issue exacerbates an already hostile budget debate in Washington .