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Senator presses official on moving THAAD after strikes on Gulf partners
Summary
During a Senate hearing a senator asked why THAAD air-defense assets were being moved from South Korea and why personnel were evacuated after strikes on Gulf countries, calling the attacks "foreseeable." An agency official said the response was reviewed and "accounted for."
A senator pressed an agency official at a Senate hearing about the U.S. response after strikes on multiple Gulf countries, asking why Terminal High Altitude Area Defense (THAAD) assets were being moved from South Korea and why personnel were evacuated amid the crisis.
The senator said the attacks on Qatar, Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates, Bahrain and Kuwait were not surprising and criticized the administration's public comments. "This was not just foreseeable, it was…
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