The State Department urged all American citizens to leave Iraq "immediately."
Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said Friday the attack that killed Iranian military leader Gen. Qasem Soleimani was in response to an “imminent attack.”
The agency warned Americans to stay away from the U.S. Embassy in Baghdad and suspended all public consular activities "until further notice." In a statement, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., said the airstrike"risks provoking further dangerous escalation of violence," and was carried out without proper congressional authorization. Pelosi called on the Trump administration to brief Congress on the situation.
House Foreign Relations Committee Chairman Rep. Eliot Engel, D-N.Y., said he was"deeply concerned about the repercussions" of the airstrike and called it a"massive escalation in our conflict with Iran." Soleimani was a murderer, responsible for the deaths of thousands, including hundreds of Americans. But this reckless move escalates the situation with Iran and increases the likelihood of more deaths and new Middle East conflict. Our priority must be to avoid another costly war.Senator Lindsey Graham, R-S.C., a member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee and a close Trump ally, struck a more hawkish tone.
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