March 18 (UPI) -- Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard defended U.S. military strikes on Iran during a Senate Intelligence Committee hearing Wednesday, calling them a strategic success.
Senators challenged Gabbard to reconcile the words of President Donald Trump with the intelligence her department has received on Iran. When pressed, Gabbard yielded that Trump has the final say on what threats the United States faces.
When the United States performed strikes on Iranian nuclear facilities in June, Trump said Iran's nuclear capabilities were "obliterated." Earlier this month, he said Iran's development of nuclear weapons posed an imminent nuclear threat to national security, justifying military action.
Gabbard affirmed Wednesday that Iran's nuclear enrichment program was "obliterated" in the June strikes.
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