From NBC News:
Gabbard’s congressional testimony Wednesday at an annual hearing on worldwide threats came a day after a top deputy, Joe Kent, resigned in protest over the Iran war, saying that the Tehran regime posed no imminent threat and the joint U.S.-Israeli air campaign was unnecessary.
Kent and Gabbard, both military veterans, had found political common ground over their opposition to foreign military interventions and “regime change” wars like Iraq and Afghanistan. Gabbard has not publicly endorsed the decision to go to war, staying mostly silent on the U.S.-Israeli air campaign that began on Feb. 28.
The war has entered its third week, with no clear end in sight.
Iran has retaliated by shutting down a critical passageway for commercial shipping, the vital Strait of Hormuz waterway. The conflict has caused gas price to spike, creating political problems for Trump.
In her opening statement, Gabbard omitted language from her opening statement regarding Iran’s uranium enrichment capability.
“Iran’s nuclear enrichment program was obliterated. There has been no efforts since then to try to rebuild their enrichment capability,” her prepared remarks read, according to her written statement posted on the Senate Intelligence Committee’s website.
The assessment appears to contradict Trump’s assertion that Iran was trying to rebuild its nuclear program.
That and Gabbard’s hesitation to fully endorse the president’s decision to wage war on Iran has raised questions.
Read more at NBC News
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