Three US congressional committees on national security ask Secretary of State Mike Pompeo for documents whether a Trump administration arms report was politicised
US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo attends a meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin in Sochi, Russia, May 14, 2019.
A series of moves by the US and Iran that have sharply escalated the situation in the Middle East in recent days. For the past year, national security adviser John Bolton and Pompeo have been the public face of the administration's "maximum pressure" campaign against Tehran. Top leaders in Congress received a classified briefing on Iran on Thursday, but many other lawmakers from both parties have criticised the White House for not keeping them informed.
The letter signed by Chairmen Eliot Engel of the House Foreign Affairs Committee, Adam Smith of Armed Services and Adam Schiff of Intelligence also questioned why the unclassified report was only 12 pages compared to 45 the previous year.Tensions have risen between the United States and Iran this month following statements from Washington that the US military was braced for "possibly imminent threats to US forces in Iraq" from Iran-backed groups.
Trump has tightened economic sanctions on Iran and intensified efforts to contain its power in the Middle East after withdrawing Washington a year ago from a 2015 international nuclear deal with Iran, raising fears among some in Congress about intelligence possibly being misused to lay the groundwork to justify military action.
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