The Foreign Affairs Committee chairman has also been critical of the House’s delay in electing a new speaker.
U.S. Rep. Mike McCaul of Texas, chairman of the House Foreign Affairs Committee, has been vocal about how the vacuum of leadership in the lower chamber ofDefense News reporter Bryant Harris
I want to talk about the strategy here that McCaul seems to be taking, and that’s to go after groups that have historically been backed by Iran. Do we know, though, what – if any – role Iran has actually had in these recent attacks? So there is no smoking gun that shows Iran coordinated or authorized the Hamas attacks, but the risk for escalation is nonetheless very real the longer this drags on.Well, very real indeed. I mean, President Biden has ordered aircraft carriers to the Mediterranean, and we know there is a large troop presence – I believe somewhere in the order of 17,000 troops – in the region.
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