If the Trump administration hoped to convince senators on Thursday that the American strike on Iranian nuclear facilities last weekend was a complete success, they’ll have to keep trying.
“We don’t know,” said Sen. Richard Blumenthal — a Connecticut Democrat and member of the Armed Services Committee — after a briefing with senior Trump officials on Capitol Hill. “Anybody who says we know with certainty is making it up, because we have no final battle damage assessment.”
The briefing about the attack concluded with lawmakers questioning whether the United States will find itself confronting a renewed Iranian nuclear program in just a few months. Republicans praised the administration for the strike, and Democrats expressed some cautious optimism that Iran won’t be able to create nuclear weapons. But most agreed more work is needed to constrain Iran.