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Trump administration abruptly cancels 4 classified Iran-related briefings
Washington (CNN)The Trump administration has abruptly canceled four classified congressional briefings related to the ongoing Iran crisis, in some cases providing little or no explanation for doing so.
The State Department called off two briefings that had been scheduled for Wednesday, Senate and House aides confirm to CNN.
Congressional lawmakers had been slated to receive a briefing on embassy security while the Senate Foreign Relations Committee had expected to hear from top State Department officials about the administration's Iran policy and authorities for the use of force before the last-minute schedule changes.
FBI officials had been expected to brief a group of House lawmakers on counterintelligence issues related to Iran on Wednesday in a separate closed-door session but those plans also changed at the last moment, according to two sources familiar with the planning. The reason for the cancellation remains unclear but the briefing was added to the calendar late last week, one of the sources said.
The State Department called off two briefings that had been scheduled for Wednesday, Senate and House aides confirm to CNN.
Congressional lawmakers had been slated to receive a briefing on embassy security while the Senate Foreign Relations Committee had expected to hear from top State Department officials about the administration's Iran policy and authorities for the use of force before the last-minute schedule changes.
FBI officials had been expected to brief a group of House lawmakers on counterintelligence issues related to Iran on Wednesday in a separate closed-door session but those plans also changed at the last moment, according to two sources familiar with the planning. The reason for the cancellation remains unclear but the briefing was added to the calendar late last week, one of the sources said.
https://www.cnn.com/2020/01/15/politics/state-department-cancels-iran-briefing/index.html
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