Deferring to Trump, G.O.P. Lawmakers Resist a Public Accounting on Iran
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Nearly three weeks into a war that polls show is unpopular, top Republicans have yet to call administration officials to testify about it, arguing that hearings would put divisions on display.
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But at a news conference on Tuesday, Speaker Mike Johnson essentially argued that Americans should trust members of Congress to pass on whatever information they might need to know about the conflict. He called the operations against Iran “very sensitive” and said they could not be discussed outside the classified settings where lawmakers had been briefed on them “because it would adversely affect our mission.”
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