{"id":47392,"date":"2019-05-16T19:38:18","date_gmt":"2019-05-16T19:38:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/defensenews\/uncategorized\/2019\/05\/16\/iran-threat-is-cause-for-greater-concern-top-defense-republican-warns\/"},"modified":"2026-08-08T14:20:33","modified_gmt":"2026-08-08T14:20:33","slug":"iran-threat-is-cause-for-greater-concern-top-defense-republican-warns","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/defensenews\/congress\/2019\/05\/16\/iran-threat-is-cause-for-greater-concern-top-defense-republican-warns\/","title":{"rendered":"Iran threat is \u2018cause for greater concern,\u2019 top defense Republican warns"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">As lawmakers ask for more information on the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.militarytimes.com\/news\/your-army\/2019\/05\/07\/b-52-bombers-are-off-to-rebuff-iran-after-threats-made-against-us-troops-but-dod-wont-say-what-those-were\/\" target=_blank>potential threats posed by Iran<\/a> in the Middle East, the top Republican on the House Armed Services Committee said intelligence briefings he has received have convinced him that an <a href=\"https:\/\/www.marinecorpstimes.com\/news\/your-military\/2019\/05\/09\/marine-expeditionary-unit-on-kearsarge-transits-strait-of-hormuz-amid-iranian-tensions\/\" target=_blank>increased military presence in the region<\/a> is needed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cThe information and warnings that we have collected are of greater concern than the normal Iranian harassment activity that we\u2019ve seen in the Persian Gulf and surrounding area,\u201d said Rep. Mac Thornberry, R-Texas. \u201cI don\u2019t think it\u2019s business as usual. It is cause for greater concern.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cAnd a great part of that concern relates to Americans being targeted.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Last week, the chairman of the committee \u2014 Rep. Adam Smith, D-Wash. \u2014 called recent deployments of troops and equipment to the region \u201cdeeply troubling\u201d given the lack of justification given to Congress for the moves. On Wednesday, Sen. Lindsey Graham, R-S.C., and a close ally of President Donald Trump, said lawmakers have not been \u201cwell informed\u201d on the moves.<\/p>\n\n\n\t<aside class=\"smg-interstitial-link wp-block-smg-interstitial-link\">\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/militarytimes\/news\/your-military\/2019\/05\/15\/allies-hunker-down-in-iraq-drop-out-over-us-tensions-with-iran\/\" class=\"smg-interstitial-link__inner\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"smg-interstitial-link__media\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" src=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/5245644.jpg.jpg?w=300\" class=\"smg-interstitial-link__image wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" \/>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"smg-interstitial-link__content\">\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"smg-interstitial-link__kicker\">Related<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"smg-interstitial-link__title\">Allies hunker down in Iraq, drop out over US tensions with Iran<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"smg-interstitial-link__excerpt\">U.S. allies involved in operations in the Middle East appear uninterested in the increasingly bellicose rhetoric from the White House and Pentagon regarding Iran.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/a>\n\t<\/aside>\n\t\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">But Thornberry said he had received a pair of briefings on the issue, meetings which were open to all members of his committee. The first came from Central Command leadership, the second from representatives of the Joint Chiefs of Staff. He left those sessions confident in Trump\u2019s moves.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cThere had to be a strong signal sent to Iran that we would defend ourselves if we are attacked,\u201d he told reporters at a press event on Thursday. \u201cI hope everybody can rally around that. Showing that we are willing to stand up and defend Americans was an important thing to do.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Pentagon officials recently presented a military plan for countering Iranian hostilities in the region with a deployment of up to 120,000 troops and a potential crippling cyber-attack on Iran\u2019s infrastructure.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In recent days, Trump has dismissed those reports, saying that \u201cwe have not planned for that \u2026 and if we did that, we\u2019d send a hell of a lot more troops than that.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In addition to deploying additional military assets to the region, the U.S. State Department has ordered out all non-emergency employees at U.S. embassies in Iraq, in a precautionary move.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Politico reported on Thursday that acting Defense Secretary Pat Shanahan, Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Gen. Joseph Dunford, Secretary of State Mike Pompeo and CIA Director Gina Haspel will provide all House and Senate lawmakers with a full briefing on the threat posed by Iran early next week.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Thornberry said he hopes as more information gets out, his colleagues can put aside partisanship and evaluate the threats for what the are.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cWhat I worry about is if our partisanship has become so entrenched that we can\u2019t look at facts anymore when it comes to national security,\u201d he said. \u201cIf Trump\u2019s doing it, it must be bad. Or if Trump\u2019s doing it, it must be good.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cIf we\u2019re attacked, I expect our military forces will be in a position to respond. I hope that\u2019s not what happens. It shouldn\u2019t happen. I hope the tensions start to diminish.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">This morning, I called on the Trump Administration to brief all Senators ASAP regarding the intel they claim to be using to justify escalating tensions with Iran. 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