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Mace Urges Trump to Bar Graham From Situation Room Over Iran Strategy

The demand signals a widening Republican split over putting U.S. forces on Iranian soil.

Overview

  • Rep. Nancy Mace told CNN she wants President Trump to remove Sen. Lindsey Graham from the Situation Room, saying he brags about advising the president on Iran.
  • Mace said she walked out of a House Armed Services briefing and vowed not to support sending U.S. ground troops into Iran.
  • The congresswoman argued the reasons sold to the public for the war do not match the military objectives briefed to lawmakers.
  • Her remarks followed Graham’s call to seize Iran’s Kharg Island—its main oil export hub—using Marine expeditionary units, a plan he compared to Iwo Jima.
  • The Independent reported the Pentagon has ordered about 2,000 soldiers from the 82nd Airborne to move to the Middle East as a new poll shows more Americans oppose the war than support it.