Slotkin Statement on Iran Attacks on Bases in Iraq Housing U.S. Forces

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U.S. Rep. Elissa Slotkin (MI-08), a former CIA analyst and Shia militia expert who served three tours in Iraq focusing on Iranian-backed militias, and as a senior Pentagon official focused on the region, released the following statement following Iranian ballistic missile attacks on two bases in Iraq housing U.S. forces:

"There is nothing that prepares you for the sound of incoming fire," Slotkin said. "Tonight, I'm watching the coverage and thinking of our service members and diplomats who are in harm's way, and about their families back at home worried about them. While we don't yet know the full extent of tonight's military activity, if it's indeed true that Iranians fired conventional ballistic missiles at U.S. targets, it would be unprecedented."

"We are now in a cycle of escalation that threatens to draw us into wider war. The President and his team should remember the gravity of their responsibilities and be prepared to explain their strategic plan -- to include next steps and possible ways to de-escalate. They owe the American public no less."

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