{"id":47993,"date":"2025-06-22T12:43:00","date_gmt":"2025-06-22T12:43:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/defensenews\/uncategorized\/2025\/06\/22\/us-strikes-on-iran-draw-support-from-gop-leaders-concerns-from-dems\/"},"modified":"2026-08-08T16:30:07","modified_gmt":"2026-08-08T16:30:07","slug":"us-strikes-on-iran-draw-support-from-gop-leaders-concerns-from-dems","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/defensenews\/air-warfare\/2025\/06\/22\/us-strikes-on-iran-draw-support-from-gop-leaders-concerns-from-dems\/","title":{"rendered":"US strikes on Iran draw support from GOP leaders, concerns from Dems"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">President Donald Trump\u2019s decision to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.militarytimes.com\/news\/your-military\/2025\/06\/22\/us-strikes-3-iranian-nuclear-sites-trump-says\/\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"\" title=\"https:\/\/www.militarytimes.com\/news\/your-military\/2025\/06\/22\/us-strikes-3-iranian-nuclear-sites-trump-says\/\">launch airstrikes against Iran nuclear facilities<\/a> this weekend drew immediate condemnation from congressional Democrats but initial support from key Republicans who saw the move as necessary. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cOur commander-in-chief has made a deliberate \u2014 and correct \u2014 decision to eliminate the existential threat posed by the Iranian regime,\u201d said Senate Armed Services Committee Chairman Roger Wicker, R-Miss., in a statement. \u201cWe now have very serious choices ahead to provide security for our citizens and our allies and stability for the Middle East.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The military assault \u2014 dubbed Operation Midnight Hammer \u2014 included bunker-busting bombs and Tomahawk missiles launched from <a href=\"https:\/\/www.militarytimes.com\/news\/pentagon-congress\/2025\/06\/18\/us-troops-bases-in-middle-east-could-be-targets-in-conflict-with-iran\/\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"\" title=\"https:\/\/www.militarytimes.com\/news\/pentagon-congress\/2025\/06\/18\/us-troops-bases-in-middle-east-could-be-targets-in-conflict-with-iran\/\">multiple American assets<\/a>, including B-2 bombers flying from American soil and submarines operating in the region. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.militarytimes.com\/news\/pentagon-congress\/2025\/06\/09\/bipartisan-house-proposal-aims-to-speed-up-defense-acquisition-work\/\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"\" title=\"https:\/\/www.militarytimes.com\/news\/pentagon-congress\/2025\/06\/09\/bipartisan-house-proposal-aims-to-speed-up-defense-acquisition-work\/\">House Armed Services Committee<\/a> Chairman Mike Rogers, R-Ala., said Trump \u201cmade the correct decision to strike Iran\u2019s nuclear sites\u201d and warned Iranian leadership that \u201cit would be a grave mistake to attempt any retaliation against our forces or homeland.\u201d<\/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\/pentagon-congress\/2025\/06\/18\/us-troops-bases-in-middle-east-could-be-targets-in-conflict-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\/AP25169450556910.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\">US troops, bases in Middle East could be targets in conflict with Iran<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"smg-interstitial-link__excerpt\">About 40,000 U.S. personnel are spread throughout the region, giving Iran a chance to strike back at American military forces. <\/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 Rogers\u2019 Democratic counterpart on the committee, ranking member Rep. 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Josh Gottheimer, D-N.J., a member of the House Intelligence Committee, issued a statement calling the bombings \u201ccritical and decisive action to protect America, freedom and democracy at home and around the world.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Typically vocal Trump supporters Reps. Thomas Massie, R-Kent., and Marjorie Taylor Greene, R-Ga., both took to social media to criticize the decision to attack Iran. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cThis is not Constitutional,\u201d Massie wrote. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In recent days, a coalition of Democratic critics and Republican non-interventionists have pushed to revisit presidential war powers, as a potential check on Trump\u2019s ability to engage in military action overseas. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Sen. 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