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Pelosi briefed Thursday night after strike killing Soleimani

By Susan Ferrechio

Published January 3, 2020 2:54pm ET

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Pelosi briefed Thursday night after strike killing Soleimani — Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., meets with reporters following escalation of tensions this week between the U.S. and Iran, Thursday, Jan. 9, 2020, on Capitol Hill in Washington. The House will vote Thursday on a measure limiting President Donald Trump's ability to take military action against Iran as Democratic criticism of the U.S. killing of a top Iranian general intensified. | AP Photo / J. Scott Applewhite

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi did not receive advance notice of the U.S. strikes in Iraq that killed Iranian Quds Force commander Qassem Soleimani, but she talked to the secretary of defense afterwards.

Pelosi, according to a spokesman, talked to Defense Secretary Mark Esper Thursday night around 9:40 p.m. “via text phone,” and the conversation lasted 13 minutes.

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