An expanded mission could target not just ISIS but also al Qaeda-affiliated Jabhat al-Nusra . `` Nothing is off the table completely , '' a senior U.S. official tells CNN . The White House has said it will consider any proposal that would help defeat ISIS. But it was not until June of this year , when the terror group ISIS started making significant territorial gains in Iraq , that the Obama administration backed the plan , asking Congress for $ 500 million to `` train and equip appropriately vetted elements of the moderate Syrian armed opposition . '' Such expansion likely would be seen as `` mission creep ''
An expanded mission could target not just ISIS but also al Qaeda-affiliated Jabhat al-Nusra . `` Nothing is off the table completely , '' a senior U.S. official tells CNN . The White House has said it will consider any proposal that would help defeat ISIS. Such expansion likely would be seen as `` mission creep ''