Michael McCaul actually said...

We had a legal requirement that SOFA would have to go through the entire Iraqi Parliament...

I understand that this request went all the way up in the administration and was turned down, and I am trying to get to the bottom of why.

That is like saying--if I could interrupt you. Because I remember Eliot Engel making the point 3 years ago about support for the Free Syrian...

Many, including myself and Ranking Member Engel, urged him to form an inclusive government.