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Committee member says nominee 'Mister Qatari' lacked Treasury analysis ahead of Iran war
Summary
A committee member said 'Mister Qatari' told staff he was unaware of any Treasury Department analysis before the Trump administration launched the war in Iran and criticized the nominee for not showing a plan to manage economic consequences for Americans facing rising fuel costs.
A member of the Senate Committee on Finance said 'Mister Qatari' informed the member's staff that he was unaware of any Treasury Department analysis prior to the Trump administration's decision to launch the war in Iran. The member said that lack of analysis contributed to the nominee's failure to demonstrate a plan for handling the war's economic impact, including rising fuel costs for Americans.
The committee member framed the concern as part of a broader judgment about preparedness, saying the nominee "was unable to show that he has a plan to reign in the economic consequences" of the war. No response from the nominee appears in the supplied transcript segments.
