DUCKWORTH EXCORIATES TRUMP FOR LAUNCHING AN ILLEGAL ATTACK AGAINST IRAN, PUTTING OUR SERVICEMEMBERS AND NATIONAL SECURITY AT NEEDLESS RISK

WASHINGTON, March 2 -- Sen. Tammy Duckworth issued the following press release:

Combat Veteran and U.S. Senator Tammy Duckworth (D-IL)-a member of the U.S. Senate Armed Services (SASC) and Foreign Relations Committees (SFRC)-excoriated Donald Trump for launching an illegal attack against Iran without Constitutionally-required authorization from Congress, without any known imminent threat to our national security and without a plan to mitigate the instability that will come next. In her remarks on the Senate floor, Duckworth pleaded with her Republican colleagues to consider the lives of our servicemembers and help stop this Trump-manufactured conflict by voting in support of Senator Kaine's War Powers Resolution, which the Senate will vote...