Tulsi Gabbard’s congressional testimony came a day after a top deputy, Joe Kent, resigned in protest over the war.

Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard declined to say if Iran’s nuclear program presented an “imminent threat,” deflecting questions from lawmakers about whether U.S. intelligence backed up White House statements on the rationale for starting the war.

Gabbard’s congressional testimony Wednesday at an annual hearing on worldwide threats came a day after a top deputy, Joe Kent, resigned in protest over the Iran war, saying that the Tehran regime posed no imminent threat and the joint U.S.-Israeli air campaign was unnecessary.

Kent and Gabbard, both military veterans, had found political common ground over their opposition to foreign military interventions and “regime change” wars like Iraq and Afghanistan. Gabbard has not publicly endorsed the decision to go to war, staying mostly silent on the U.S.-Israeli air campaign that began on Feb. 28.

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    lol man these headlines.

    Tulsi made the bold claim that our national intelligence operatives were not responsible for determining the threat level posed by Iran.

    So like…What would you say you do, Tulsi?

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    The “threat” was that BiBi would release the dirt that he has on Trump

    I’m pretty sure that he told Trump that he would let him use a nuke.

    Drumpf really wants to push that button. He’s a child who sees a hammer on Daddy’s shelf, so to him, everything looks like a nail

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    So thats a “no” then. If there was a threat then the burden of proof is on her to specify why lethal force against civilians was proportional to the real threat. She cant just take the 5th when air strikes and missiles have been fired.

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    I can tell, answer is, NO. Iran is bad for their peope, but USA was never in danger. Where is the deal maker Trump? All i see is the war monger trump. The FIFA peace price is worth nothing.

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      I must say it is really disappointing to see the prestigious FIFA peace award tarnished like this. I’m not sure it will ever recover.