The chairman of the House Armed Services Committee said Monday that American troops in Afghanistan are scrambling to figure out where they can cut about 1,400 troops to stay under the new troop cap set by President Obama this month.

Rep. Mac Thornberry, R-Texas, took a congressional delegation trip to the Middle East last week, spending most of his time in Iraq and Afghanistan. Rep. Rodney Frelinghuysen, R-N.J., chairman of the House Appropriations Committee’s defense subcommittee, and Rep. Seth Moulton, D-Mass., and a former Marine, joined Thornberry on the trip.