Tensions swirl around Iran as administration to brief Congress
The House and Senate are set to be briefed separately Tuesday on the Trump administration’s Iran policy as tensions in the Persian Gulf region hover at a fever pitch.
The briefing comes after President Trump threatened that war would mean “the official end of Iran,” and as a number of lawmakers fear the situation is spiraling toward military action.
Some individual lawmakers have already gotten private briefings, and congressional leaders were briefed last week.
But Tuesday’s briefings from Trump’s top security officials — including acting Defense Secretary Patrick Shanahan, Secretary of State Mike Pompeo and Joint Chiefs of Staff Chairman Gen. Joseph Dunford — will provide the first opportunity for many lawmakers worried about the threat of war to evaluate the intelligence the Trump administration says justifies its recent moves in the region.
One of the most prominent calls for a briefing came from Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.), a Trump ally. On Monday, Graham said he had been briefed by national security adviser John Bolton and encouraged Trump to stay the course.
“It is clear that over the last several weeks Iran has attacked pipelines and ships of other nations and created threat streams against American interests in Iraq,” Graham tweeted.
https://thehill.com/policy/defense/444636-tensions-swirl-around-iran-as-administration-to-brief-congress
I'm sure you're getting all tingley Lindsey.
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Bc...we all know that's what it is. Couple of SAUDI oil tankers get a re-planned(?), boo boo, and 325 million Americans are supposed to give a shit? Didn't trump sell you guys a "RECORD" bunch of guns, and planes and shit? USE THEM. Put Iran on Skype, and mbs, ....you direct the whole war. Come on mbs...you're a blood thirsty killer.
Where's your war face?
Here's ours...
