President Donald Trump announced via video message at 2:57 AM on Saturday that his administration had begun striking Iran to eliminate what he described as imminent threats from the Iranian regime. The strikes had been in motion well before the public learned of them, and so had the diplomatic groundwork on Capitol Hill.
A State Department official told The Daily Caller that Secretary of State Marco Rubio was preparing Congress for the administration’s attack on Iran in the days leading up to the strikes. Rubio consulted with the Gang of Eight in an hour-long briefing on Tuesday, reaching seven of the eight members. One was unreachable.
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