US House Committee confirms Mike Pompeo ready to testify on Iran, Iraq policy

A Democrats-led US House of Representatives committee confirmed that Secretary of State Mike Pompeo has agreed to testify at a public hearing on Iran and Iraq policy. Chairman of House Committee on Foreign Affairs Eliot L. Engel said that a date for hearing would be confirmed soon.

“I spoke with Secretary Pompeo today who has committed to appearing before Foreign Affairs Committee to testify at a hearing on Iran, Iraq, war powers, and related topics - separate from our annual budget hearing,” said Engel in a statement.

US President Donald Trump’s decision to take out Iranian military commander Qassem Soleimani came under scrutiny on criteria of ‘imminent threat’ after officials kept shifting definitions saying y didn’t kw precise details of threat. Democrats and journalists have been repeatedly enquiring about credible information on ‘imminent threat’ posed by Soleimani that forced Trump ministration to order killing. 

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'Imminent threat' information

Pompeo has reportedly been inconsistent with threat information saying y were unaware of exact date and time of potential attack but Soleimani was plotting a bro, large-scale attack against American interests, and those attacks were imminent. Later, Trump even went on to say that it doesn’t really matter wher slain Iranian military commander Qassem Soleimani was an imminent threat or t. 

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During a press briefing on January 10, Pompeo was asked wher attack was planned against an embassy to which he replied it was planned against US facilities throughout region including American embassies, military bases. A journalist even went on to ask Pompeo about his definition of ‘imminent’. former CIA director said, “This was going to happen, and American lives were at risk...we would have been culpably negligent h we t recommended to President that he take this action at Qasem Soleimani”.

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