Chris Murphy: “Qatar is and will remain an essential ally of the United States.”

I plan to see for myself the damage to American facilities, hear from our partners in the Gulf about how this war has hurt their security and their economies, and assess our regional counterterrorism efforts.

It’s important to recognize there are things we need to work on together: ending the war in Iran and a pathway to Palestinian statehood.

This is part of a coordinated, deliberate campaign by the Department of Defense to hide the consequences and the true costs of the Iran war.

We know that Donald Trump has no clear plan to resolve the Iran War, which has now cost the American taxpayer over $45 billion.