Lawmakers on Capitol Hill on Wednesday said they were alarmed that they haven’t been adequately briefed by the Trump administration about the growing tensions between Washington and Tehran.
"Removing personnel from embassies and consulates is clearly a serious move by the State Department," Sen. Lindsey Graham, R-S.C., told reporters on Wednesday."They feel the threat. And I would urge the State Department and the [Department of Defense] to come down here and explain to us what's going on."
“They have no business declaring a war without the consent of Congress, A,” Pelosi stressed. “And B, the very idea that they would say that they would use the authorization of the use military force that is 18 years old and something by now – whatever its age, it’s not appropriate in terms of its scope, its geography, its timing for any actions they might take, wherever they may be taking them.”
"So I would urge the administration to come down here and brief members of Congress about the threat as they see it coming from Iran," he said. "So I’d repeat: The American people deserve to know what’s going on. If the President and Republicans in Congress are planning to take the United States to a conflict, even a war, in the Middle East, the American people deserve to know that, and they deserve to know why," he added.
Pompeo made a surprise visit to Baghdad last week to brief Iraqi officials on the U.S. intelligence regarding the threat streams.
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