WASHINGTON, April 8 -- Sen. Patty Murray issued the following press release:
U.S. Senator Patty Murray (D-WA), Vice Chair of the Senate Appropriations Committee, issued the following statement the day after a ceasefire deal was announced between the United States and Iran:
"The President of the United States cannot threaten genocide. That kind of brinksmanship is catastrophically dangerous and goes against everything we stand for as Americans.
"I am relieved that American servicemembers were not asked to commit war crimes in this President's name, but none of us should forgive the unacceptable escalation and erratic behavior of this President-or the lasting damage he has already done to America's standing across the globe. Nor should we ...