US senator says he was denied access to damaged military base in Qatar
US senator says he was denied access to damaged military base in Qatar Democratic Senator Chris Murphy said on Tuesday that the US Department of War prevented him from visiting a US military base in Qatar, which had been attacked by Iran, in order to conceal the damage. "This trip confirmed for me that there is an active, unprecedented, unconstitutional effort underway to hide the costs of this…
Democratic Senator Chris Murphy claimed on Tuesday that the US Department of War obstructed his visit to a US military base in Qatar, which was struck by Iran following the US-Israeli conflict beginning on 28 February. Murphy, a member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, asserted that the government was engaging in an "active, unprecedented, unconstitutional effort" to conceal the war's expenses and ramifications from Congress and the American public. After a stop in Qatar, Murphy visited Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, to share his concerns with journalists.
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