
Capitol Hill Week Ahead. Congress returns from Thanksgiving week recess with only a couple of weeks to hammer out an omnibus spending bill—which will include defense appropriations—before the current continuing resolution expires on Dec. 11. Defense Secretary Ashton Carter and Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Marine Corps Gen. Joseph Dunford travel to the Hill on Dec. 1 to testify in front of the HASC on the U.S. strategy for Iraq and Syria. Also that day, the SASC hears…