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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsImpeachment #2 - Top Democratic leaders kept in dark about Soleimani attack
Washington (CNN)Senior congressional Democrats were not notified before the US strikes that killed Iran Quds Force commander Qasem Soleimani, something critics say is a breach of protocol over how the top leadership is typically briefed over sensitive military actions that carry great risks to the United States.
The four Democrats in the "Gang of Eight," a group of top congressional leaders who are generally privy to sensitive information that the rest of Congress is not always briefed on, include House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, who Thursday night criticized the administration for not consulting with Congress ahead of the attack.
It's unclear if any of the four Republican leaders were briefed ahead of time, but House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy spent Thursday with President Donald Trump at his Florida resort. Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Lindsey Graham, who is not a member of the Gang of Eight but who is a close ally of Trump's, said on Fox News Friday morning that he was briefed about the potential operation when he was with Trump in Florida this week.
After the attack at the Baghdad airport, Pelosi spoke to Defense Secretary Mark Esper, a Democratic source told CNN. The two talked for about 13 minutes around 9:40 p.m. eastern time Thursday, hours after the attack.
The four Democrats in the "Gang of Eight," a group of top congressional leaders who are generally privy to sensitive information that the rest of Congress is not always briefed on, include House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, who Thursday night criticized the administration for not consulting with Congress ahead of the attack.
It's unclear if any of the four Republican leaders were briefed ahead of time, but House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy spent Thursday with President Donald Trump at his Florida resort. Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Lindsey Graham, who is not a member of the Gang of Eight but who is a close ally of Trump's, said on Fox News Friday morning that he was briefed about the potential operation when he was with Trump in Florida this week.
After the attack at the Baghdad airport, Pelosi spoke to Defense Secretary Mark Esper, a Democratic source told CNN. The two talked for about 13 minutes around 9:40 p.m. eastern time Thursday, hours after the attack.
https://www.cnn.com/2020/01/03/politics/congress-soleimani-attack/index.html
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Impeachment #2 - Top Democratic leaders kept in dark about Soleimani attack (Original Post)
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Jan 2020
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Farmer-Rick
(10,170 posts)1. Yeah but the real leader of the U.S. mobster Putin was asked.
coti
(4,612 posts)2. And Eric. Don't worry, Eric was duly informed! nt
redqueen
(115,103 posts)3. Top democratic leaders should have struck the AUMF from the NDAA
Really sad that no one is talking about this. It enabled this action. It is important.
Hoyt
(54,770 posts)4. While we should back notifications in such actions, don't think protesting loudly about no
notification is going to help us with this.
Criticizing attack is OK, though.