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Trent Franks: Administration "stood by with a golf club in their hand" as ISIS pillaged Iraq.

McCarthy asked about no fly list legislation after leaving intel briefing - points out Mateen wasn't on no-fly list.

From earlier this am, @RepKinzinger on Trump: I hope he realizes that to win this war, you're going to need people he's already alienated.

What does @RepKinzinger want to hear Donald Trump say when he meets w/ House R's? "Teach me about foreign policy."

Ryan on terror threat post-#Orlando: This is a threat that simply must be defeated. Right now, POTUS doesn't have a plan 2 get the job done.

Ryan, who didn't answer shouted q's about endorsement, said Trump should follow House R on national security - referencing agenda project.

Ryan didn't say if he agrees w/ Trump on changing immigration laws w/o consulting Congress. "That's a question about immigration law."

Speaker Ryan on Trump ban: "I do not think a Muslim ban is in our country's interest. I do not think it is reflective of our principles."

New on #orlando from @PierreTABC + @JoshMargolin: Noor Mateen, wife of gunman Omar Mateen, is being considered for possible criminal charges

Hoyer is reminded that he shares a birthday today w/Trump. Says Pelosi says Lord "did a good thing & a bad thing" that day."

In response to Orlando, McCarthy says House will repackage already-passed national security legislation and resend to Senate.

McCaul says Mateen attended same mosque as American suicide bomber.

.@RepMcCaul: "We can't stop them all."

McCaul is guest at this week's House GOP leadership meeting. Says he will moderate all-House briefing with law enforcement officials this pm

Rep. Kinzinger says it was "tacky" of Trump to say he deserves congrats after Orlando. Also calls immigration ban "counterproductive."

Many House Republicans uneasy w/ Trump have wanted to meet w/ him. His boosters say he's a good listener behind closed doors.