Chris Murphy: “Richard is providing this gift, which is a safe place to talk about these issues and help on terminology and language.”

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.

This should be unacceptable to every member of Congress—Republicans and Democrats—and this should be unacceptable to the American public.

It’s important for the Crown Prince to hear not just from the Trump Administration, but from people who want a different path.

Of course, I was also candid with him, in particular regarding my deep concerns about the transfer of the luxury plane.