Saturday, February 27, 2021

Biden’s Notification of Syria Airstrike Was ‘Inadequate’

  • Adam Schiff: Biden’s Notification of Syria Airstrike Was ‘Inadequate’

    2/27/2021, 3:31:01 AM · by knighthawk · 21 replies
    Breitbart ^ | February 26 2021 | JOSHUA CAPLAN
    Rep. Adam Schiff (D-CA), Chairman of the House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence, criticized the Biden administration for the way it notified Congressional leaders about the U.S.’s military strike targeting Iran-backed military groups in eastern Syria on Thursday evening. Schiff, who is a member of the Gang of Eight which receives briefings on classified intelligence matters by the executive branch, told CNN reporter Manu Raju that Biden’s “means of notification” if the strike was “inadequate.”
  • Tim Kaine Hits Joe Biden over Syria Airstrike, Demands Congressional Briefing

    2/27/2021, 3:28:19 AM · by knighthawk · 6 replies
    Breitbart ^ | February 26 2021 | JOSHUA CAPLAN
    Sen. Tim Kaine (D-VA), a member of the powerful Senate Foreign Relations Committee, called on President Joe Biden to consult Congress on Thursday’s deadly airstrikes targeting Iran-backed military groups in eastern Syria. “The American people deserve to hear the Administration’s rationale for these strikes and its legal justification for acting without coming to Congress,” Kaine said in a Friday statement. “Offensive military action without congressional approval is not constitutional absent extraordinary circumstances. Congress must be fully briefed on this matter expeditiously.” Biden waged the first military action of his presidency by ordering a strike on Syrian facilities in response to...

 

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