I RECOMMEND TRYING SOMETHING THAT ISN’T A COMPLETE, DISMAL FAILURE: Administration searches for new approach to aiding rebels in Syria. “In comments that appeared to shock even many of those involved in Syria policy elsewhere in the government, Gen. Lloyd J. Austin III, the head of the U.S. Central Command, told Congress on Wednesday that only ‘four or five’ trainees from the program, a $500 million plan officially launched in December to prepare as many as 5,400 fighters this year, have ended up “in the fight” inside Syria.”