Senate Intelligence Committee Chairman Tom Cotton (R-Ark.) said that U.S. military strikes over the next week and beyond will focus on Iran's cache of "thousands" of missiles, including sites where those projectiles are deployed and manufactured.
"We've always said Iran can never have a nuclear weapon. They also can't be allowed to have a vast missile arsenal and that's exactly what they have — thousands and thousands of missiles, much more than the United States and Israel have in missile defense combined," Cotton told CNN's "State of the Union" Sunday. |
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Schiff: US had 'simply no basis' to launch Iran attack |
Sen. Adam Schiff (D-Calif.) on Sunday sharply criticized President Trump for authorizing strikes against Iran, warning that it risks dragging the U.S. into yet another conflict in the Middle East. "There was simply no basis to go in with this massive military campaign, with the goal of regime change. And the concern here is that we have unleashed factors in the region now that we cannot control," Schiff told host George Stephanopoulos on ABC News's "This Week." |
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Sen. Mark Warner (D-Va.), the vice chairman of the Senate Intelligence Committee, warned on Sunday that there's no end in sight to the escalating military conflict with Iran, which spread to Israel and at least eight Arab countries over the weekend.
Warner said the elimination of Iranian Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei and other senior leaders such as the heads of Iran's national defense council, the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps, and armed forces was "good for the region" but he warned that retaliatory strikes from Iran could drag on for days or weeks longer. |
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Iranian foreign minister: Tehran will do 'whatever it takes' after US, Israeli strikes |
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Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.) on Sunday said the U.S. would not "occupy" Iran after a series of Israeli joint strikes in the country.
"We're not going to occupy the country," Graham said during an appearance on NBC's "Meet The Press." "We're going to give the people of Iran a chance to do something they've never had before: chart their own destiny." |
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Sen. Tom Cotton (R-Ark.) said Sunday that he believes that U.S. military action against Iran will have "overwhelming support" among Republicans on Capitol Hill.
"I've been on the campaign trail all across Arkansas for the last two days, visiting with hundreds of Republicans," Cotton told CNN's Dana Bash on "State of the Union." "I haven't heard a single Arkansan express anything but unqualified support for President Trump and for his decision to finally put America's foot down and end 47 years of terror and revolutionary violence by the Islamic Republic against the United States and our citizens." |
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Senate Republican Dave McCormick (Pa.) on Sunday said the United States won't be able to "fix" Iran following the death of the Allied Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei.
"We're not going to be able to fix Iran. The Iranian people are going to have to step up," McCormick said during an appearance on Fox News's "Fox News Sunday." |
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Israeli President Isaac Herzog said Sunday that the Middle East's future "depends on" American action in Iran in the wake of U.S. strikes against the country.
"We are in a historic juncture. Well, the future of the Middle East depends on the success of this operation, because it is an opportunity to divert this age-old war that has been looming over the Middle East between the empire of evil, led by Iran, and all other innocent and peace loving nations," Herzog told CNN's Dana Bash on "State of the Union." |
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Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.) on Sunday said he will seek to focus on normalizing relations between Saudi Arabia and Israel after the strikes in Iran over the weekend.
"Now, what am I going to do next? When this regime can no longer threaten the region, I'm going to build on what I did with President Biden, to try to get Saudi Arabia and Israel to normalize," Graham said during an appearance on NBC's "Meet the Press" about the U.S. and Israel's joint attacks, which killed Ayotollah Ali Khamenei and other senior leaders in Iran. |
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