Democratic senator says Pentagon denied him access to US base in Qatar ‘to hide the costs’ of Iran war

Sen. Chris Murphy (D-Conn.), says the Pentagon blocked him from a key U.S. military base in Qatar while he traveling in the Middle East, accusing the Trump administration of trying to hide damage caused by the Iran war.  

Murphy, who traveled to Doha, Qatar, and later Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, as part of a congressional delegation, said he attempted to visit the Al Udeid Air Base — the largest U.S. base in the region that Iran has repeatedly attacked since the war began in late February. 

Prior to the trip, Murphy said he wanted “to see firsthand the impact of the Iran War, the damage it’s caused to our facilities in the region, and how it’s harmed our relationships with partners in the region.”

But after being barred from visiting Al Udeid, Murphy said, “There is an active, unprecedented, unconstitutional effort underway to hide the costs of this war and the implications of this war from Congress and the American people,” as reported by Reuters.

He also said that the........

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