
One Senate Armed Services Committee member wants “multiple billions” of dollars in emergency funding that would provide Egypt, Jordan and Lebanon additional weapons and equipment to help those nations cope with the Islamic State.That emergency funding would then form the groundwork for a larger "Marshall plan" where the United States and other nations would help Middle Eastern allies and partners fortify their economies and security capabilities through arms deals and access to preferential loans and trade agreements, said Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.).Graham, who visited the Middle East earlier this month…