[Foreign Policy\Iran]
Sen. Bernie Sanders: “Our Founding Fathers understood that it was only too easy for a president to lead the country into a disastrous military conflict. That is why they gave the exclusive power over war and peace to the people’s elected representatives…President Trump does not have the right to go to war with Iran without authorization from the representatives of the American people.
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Iran
SENATORS SANDERS AND KHANNA LEAD DEMOCRATIC LAWMAKERS IN INTRODUCING ‘NO WAR WITH IRAN’ ACT
ANSWER COALITION WILL HOLD EMERGENCY “NO WAR WITH IRAN” PROTESTS AT WHITE HOUSE AND IN OTHER CITIES TODAY
[ANSWER Coalition\White House Protests]
ANSWER Coalition responds to growing war crisis with Iran: “Step back from the brink — No war with Iran!” Protest at the White House today (Jan. 8) at 3:00 p.m.
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TEXAS REP. GREEN: KILLING OF IRANIAN GENERAL SHOULD NOT DIVERT CONGRESS FROM TRUMP IMPEACHMENT
[Iran & Impeachment]
Rep. Al Green: “This is a time of uncertainty for our Nation. War is a possibility…While this is a time of uncertainty and turbulence for America, this is not a time to abandon the lingering task Congress faces regarding the impeached President.”
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DEMOCRATS ANNOUNCE WAR POWERS RESOLUTION TO PREVENT WAR WITH IRAN
[War Powers Resolution\Iran]
House Speaker Pelosi: “This week, the House will introduce and vote on a War Powers Resolution to limit the President’s military actions regarding Iran…It reasserts Congress’s long-established oversight responsibilities by mandating that if no further Congressional action is taken, the Administration’s military hostilities with regard to Iran cease within 30 days.”
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CONGRESSIONAL DEMOCRATS DECRY TRUMP ADMINISTRATION’S PROVOCATIVE ASSASSINATION OF IRANIAN GENERAL AT BAGDAD AIRPORT
[Western Asia\Iran]
Senator Tim Kaine: “As I have warned for years, Trump’s decision to tear up a diplomatic deal that was working and resume escalating aggressions with Iran has brought us to the brink of another war in the Middle East…this drastic escalation of hostilities…will increase the threat to American troops, diplomats, and families in the region.”
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GLOBAL-DATA ORGANIZATION: U.S. ASSASSINATION OF IRANIAN GENERAL ESCALATES CONFLICT IN ALREADY VOLATILE MIDDLE EAST REGION
[Middle East\Western Asia\Iran]
Richard Thompson, Editorial Director at GlobalData: “The assassination of Qassem Suleimani by the US is a major escalation in the conflict between the US and Iran in the Gulf and it adds considerable new uncertainty to an already unstable region.”
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