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Gabbard tells Senate panel only Trump can determine imminent threats
Tulsi Gabbard stated that President Trump holds final decision-making power on imminent threats despite intelligence community assessments, amid debate over Iran nuclear threat claims.
- At Wednesday's Senate Intelligence Committee hearing, Gabbard said, 'It is not the intelligence community's responsibility to determine what is and is not an imminent threat', and 'That is up to the president, based on a volume of information he receives'.
- Claims about Iran's nuclear program prompted officials earlier this month to say it posed an imminent threat, while Trump and Gabbard described the June strikes as having 'obliterated' Iran's enrichment program.
- During House questioning, lawmakers pressed Rep. Jimmy Gomez, Representative , on whether 'the president alone decides imminence', Gabbard sidestepped but then answered 'Yes, I do', while Ratcliffe agreed.
- Gabbard responded, 'It's a serious question that requires the totality of information,' as senators challenged her on presidential authority to determine 'imminent threat.'
- In the 19 days since the war with Iran began, Gabbard said the Iranian regime 'appears to be intact but largely degraded' and 'Even so, Iran and its proxies remain capable of and continue to attack U.S. and allied interests in the Middle East.
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