WASHINGTON, July 9 -- Sen. Jack Reed issued the following press release:
As Iran and U.S. military forces trade waves of strikes, President Trump and Iranian hardliners renew verbal threats, and a crumbling so-called ceasefire agreement threatens to renew military prolonged conflict and regional tensions in the Middle East, U.S. Senator Jack Reed (D-RI) issued the following statement:
"I opposed Trump's reckless Iran war from the start. President Trump and Secretary of Defense Hegseth underestimated Iran and failed to plan for obvious contingencies.
"There has never been a true ceasefire. President Trump changes his mind on a daily basis, prolonging the conflict without a strategic plan to end it.
"Under the Trump Administration, it has...