House Democrat defends Obama’s Iran strategy

Published January 7, 2020 9:31pm ET



Rep. Ro Khanna said Tuesday that he disagreed with the idea that the Obama administration could have done more to curb Iranian aggression in the Middle East.

“Because this was not just Barack Obama,” the California Democrat said on Fox News. “The reporting I’ve seen said President George W. Bush and Vice President Dick Cheney also passed on the chance to take out Soleimani. And the reason they all passed is they did not want to escalate a war with Iran.”

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