Senator Van Hollen urges Congress to cut funding for Iran war
The Maryland Democrat said President Trump is sending up to 10,000 more troops to what he called an 'illegal war of choice' in Iran.
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U.S. Senator Chris Van Hollen urged Congress to cut off funding for what he described as an ongoing war involving Iran, according to Anadolu Agency.
Van Hollen said President Donald Trump is "now sending up to another 10,000 troops to his illegal war of choice in Iran," the report said, framing the military deployment as something Congress should move to defund.
The senator's remarks reflect continuing tension in Washington over the scope of executive authority to deploy U.S. forces abroad without explicit congressional authorization, a debate that has recurred across recent administrations regarding military action in the Middle East.
Anadolu Agency's report did not detail the broader congressional response to Van Hollen's call, nor did it specify what legislative mechanism he proposed to halt the funding. It also did not include a response from the Trump administration to the senator's characterization of the deployment.
Calls to cut off war funding typically require action in both chambers of Congress and have historically faced significant political hurdles, particularly when a sitting president has ordered troop deployments framed as matters of national security.
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- US senator urges Congress to cut off funding for Iran war — Anadolu Agency (Turkey)
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