Sen. Elizabeth Warren is demanding answers from the leader of U.S. Transportation Command about its role in evacuating U.S. citizens from the Middle East after the start of the Iran war in a letter shared first with CNBC.
The Massachusetts Democrat has been critical generally of the Trump administration’s response to Americans stranded in the region since the U.S. and Israel launched an attack on Iran on Feb. 28. But in a letter sent to TRANSCOM Commander Gen. Randall Reed late Tuesday, she questioned whether accurate information about the response had been provided to her office.
According to Warren, TRANSCOM told her office in March it had not been contacted by the State Department to aid in evacuations of Americans working for non-U.S. government entities. On March 12, during an appearance before the Senate Armed Services Committee, of which Warren is a member, Reed told the senator that the State Department had made a Feb. 28 request for assistance.
“There was a significant discrepancy between what my office was told prior to the hearing and the information you provided in the hearing,” Warren wrote. “And more than a month after that hearing, my office has yet to receive any information from your command to support your testimony.”
