Sen. Michael Bennet sparred with CIA Director John Ratcliffe about the Trump administration’s goals with the Iran war. “The defined goals are very clear,” Ratcliffe said, which Bennet disagreed with. “The complete lack of clarity should matter to everybody,” the senator said. Source link
President Trump has continued to bash U.S. allies for not joining the effort to secure the Strait of Hormuz amid the escalating war with Iran. Niall Ferguson, senior fellow at the Hoover Institution, joined CBS News to discuss. Source link
FRANKFURT, Germany — Iran’s state media said Wednesday that Israel attacked its South Pars gas field — the largest in the world and one that is shared with Qatar to the south across the Persian Gulf. Facilities associated with the gas field near Asaluyeh on Iran’s Gulf coastline were on fire on Wednesday, state media … Read more
Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard told Congress Wednesday the Trump administration’s airstrikes have “vastly degraded” Iran’s military capabilities, but she deflected other questions about the war – including whether the administration was warned in advance about the likelihood that Iran would close the Strait of Hormuz and strike neighboring Gulf nations. Ms. Gabbard testified … Read more
Russia is benefitting financially from the U.S.-Israeli war with Iran, analysts tell CBS News, as Tehran’s retaliatory strikes paralyze crude oil shipments through the Strait of Hormuz and send global energy prices skyward. The U.S. Treasury issued a 30 day waiver last week on sanctions imposed on Russian energy sales over Moscow’s ongoing full-scale invasion … Read more
IE 11 is not supported. For an optimal experience visit our site on another browser. Now Playing Ossoff questions Gabbard about Iran posing an ‘imminent nuclear threat’ 02:48 UP NEXT Gabbard says U.S. intelligence assessed Iran would use Strait of Hormuz as leverage 01:56 Tulsi Gabbard skips over prepared comments on Iran’s nuclear capabilities 05:53 … Read more
Top U.S. intelligence officials testified before the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence about worldwide threats. Senators pressed Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard about intelligence assessment and what was shared with President Trump before U.S.-Israeli conducted strikes against Iran. CBS News’ Taurean Small has more. Source link
Sen. Angus King of Maine questioned CIA Director John Ratcliffe and Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard about briefing President Trump about intelligence on Iran in the days and weeks leading up to Operation Epic Fury. King pointed out discrepancies between the intelligence agency’s assessment and what Mr. Trump has said publicly. Source link
CIA Director John Ratcliffe told GOP Sen. John Cornyn that he disagreed with Joe Kent, who resigned as the director of the National Counterterrorism Center over the Iran war. Ratcliffe said he believed Iran “has been a constant threat to the United States for an extended period of time and posed an immediate threat at … Read more
President Trump hasn’t made up his mind yet on whether he wants to send American forces into Iran and seize the country’s nuclear material, which would be a very dangerous operation, sources familiar with the matter told CBS News. In private conversations, he has told people close to him: “I have a lot of decisions … Read more