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Schiff calls for open hearings on Trump's Iran actions
The Hill ^ | 1/06/20 | REBECCA KLAR

Posted on 01/06/2020 3:30:16 PM PST by Libloather

House Intelligence Committee Chairman Adam Schiff (D-Calif.) said he supports open House hearings regarding President Trump’s order last week for a strike that killed top Iranian commander Gen. Qassem Soleimani.

Schiff, who is among lawmakers who were briefed a day after last week’s attack, told The Washington Post there should be open hearings on the administration's decision to strike.

“The president has put us on a path where we may be at war with Iran. That requires the Congress to fully engage,” Schiff told the Post in an interview published Monday.

Schiff said there’s “absolutely no way” Trump’s threat to retaliate with “disproportionate” attacks, should Iran strike the U.S., reflects Pentagon planning.

“None of that could come out of the Pentagon,” Schiff said.

A Pentagon spokesperson was not immediately available for comment when contacted by The Hill.

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To: Libloather

Schiff needs to do hearings on Trump’s ice cream habit too. I believe two scoops is an Article 25 issue.


61 posted on 01/06/2020 4:19:42 PM PST by Pollster1 ("Governments derive their just powers from the consent of the governed")
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To: Libloather

Will somebody please do something about this obnoxious, America-hating bass turd. The bug-eyed, little boy is out of control. If he thinks the President is going to apologize for sending one of the democrats’ “living legends” to “paradise”, he’s badly mistaken. Ain’t going to happen.


62 posted on 01/06/2020 4:20:34 PM PST by FlingWingFlyer (You can vote your way into socialism but you have to shoot your way out of it.)
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To: Sarah Barracuda

Normally I don’t go to the “everyone is corrupt” but I am just amazed at how much money is being funneled to the families of those in opposition. A more yucky aspect are those that have GROSS problems ie Ed Buck associations...I don’t believe it is just an incurious media, it is deeper than that. If every Joe Biden story references his family problems and not allegations of bribery, it is deeper than that. If fewer than 10% of those who watch the news have seen the video...our news is managed and Trump is the fly in the ointment...

DK


63 posted on 01/06/2020 4:21:32 PM PST by Dark Knight
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To: sauropod
I'd go one further. Broad policy is reviewed by Congress (oversight, usually after the fact)
Detailed policy and implementation - Opinions - are written by the Pentagon to present to the President
Immediate policy is set by the President

I did a quick search 'who decides foreign policy' and the 'cliffnotes' definition popped up. The bolding is their own. Note that CiC is not bolded as if it's an afterthought. One would think the sense is to emphasize the president as merely an administrative figurehead (or maybe it's just me?):
The president negotiates treaties, appoints ambassadors to represent the United States overseas, and is commander in chief of the armed forces.

64 posted on 01/06/2020 4:25:42 PM PST by blueplum ("...this moment is your moment: it belongs to you... " President Donald J. Trump, Jan 20, 2017)
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To: Libloather

Adam should make them closed meeting. It’s easier to make stuff up if they are closed, Adam. You should know that from experience by now.


65 posted on 01/06/2020 4:26:35 PM PST by Robert DeLong
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To: Col Frank Slade

Lol!


66 posted on 01/06/2020 4:33:02 PM PST by smvoice (I WILL NOT WEAR THE RIBBON.)
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To: Libloather

ScHIfT pile would look nice with a new tie.


67 posted on 01/06/2020 4:35:57 PM PST by AmericanCheeseFood (Fox Shadowbans People On Comments)
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To: cranked

Yes....and quickly.


68 posted on 01/06/2020 4:37:36 PM PST by alabama_heart
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To: MeganC
Why don’t the Democrats just impeach Trump since they hate him so much? I have been posting this meme since the terrorist, the Salami was killed.

After my second cup of coffee this morning, I had just about come to what was posted below:

:^) The reason our enemies and trade rivals are emboldened IS the impeachment. All Demagogic Party trash belongs at the end of a rope.

These terrorist Iranian top dogs figured, wrongly, that they could attack our embassy and worse without any reaction from an impeached president.

They planned to put President Trump into a Jimmy Carter mode after they seized our embassy in Iraq.

Trump's response, panicked them and they descended into Iraq to plan more problems for our president and Iraq. That killed their #1 and #2 terrorist planners.

Hey, Schiffless, "Who is up next to become sliced/diced and cooked dog food in Iraq?"

69 posted on 01/06/2020 4:40:16 PM PST by Grampa Dave (If Nanzi peeee-losi, Schiffless, Mad Maxine and Chuckie were in charge, they would be droning us.)
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To: Libloather

$HIT for BRAINS Schiff continues to blow to the galleries!


70 posted on 01/06/2020 4:41:27 PM PST by VideoDoctor
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To: Libloather

Question?- When does this become harassment and then seditious behavior subject to action by The President.


71 posted on 01/06/2020 4:41:48 PM PST by samadams2000 (Get your houses in order.)
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To: samadams2000

I.E. Military tribunal with gallows erected on the commons?


72 posted on 01/06/2020 4:42:48 PM PST by samadams2000 (Get your houses in order.)
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To: Libloather; All

I am waiting to read a report where someone punched his lights out.


73 posted on 01/06/2020 4:44:38 PM PST by Cobra64 (Common sense isnÂ’t common anymore.)
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To: Libloather

Gotta be secret.


74 posted on 01/06/2020 4:48:28 PM PST by Brilliant
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To: AdmSmith; AnonymousConservative; Arthur Wildfire! March; Berosus; Bockscar; cardinal4; ColdOne; ...
Daily miscellany:

75 posted on 01/06/2020 4:49:30 PM PST by SunkenCiv (Imagine an imaginary menagerie manager imagining managing an imaginary menagerie.)
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Hear this, Schiffhead:

             

76 posted on 01/06/2020 4:51:35 PM PST by tomkat
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To: Libloather

Why do a handful of House members who almost the entire country did NOT vote for (or against) get to hose up the nation’s government like this?


77 posted on 01/06/2020 5:08:27 PM PST by mikey_hates_everything
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To: Libloather

What part of CIC does Schiff for Brains not understand. Stick with writing bad parodies nimrod.


78 posted on 01/06/2020 5:10:04 PM PST by bray (Pray for President Trump)
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To: Libloather

Go to #### Schiff. BtW you are about to be indicted. We are not playing anymore.


79 posted on 01/06/2020 5:18:04 PM PST by piytar (If it was not for double standards, the Democrats and the left would have NO standards.)
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To: Libloather

The endless, pointless, worthless investigations.


80 posted on 01/06/2020 5:18:36 PM PST by Blood of Tyrants (Everyone who favors socialism plans on the government taking other people's money, not theirs.)
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