Rosen Joins Colleagues to Demand Hearing on Strain on Troops from Extended War in Iran

WASHINGTON, DC - U.S. Senator Jacky Rosen (D-NV) joined her Democratic colleagues on the U.S. Senate Armed Services Committee in urging Committee Chairman Wicker to hold a hearing to investigate the Trump Administration's failures to support our servicemembers who are carrying out indefinite extended deployments in Donald Trump's war in Iran.

"The toll this unauthorized, disastrous war is taking on our troops is unconscionable," said the Senators. "Troops are suffering because of this Administration's inability to end this war or make the environment safe enough for our servicemembers to be delivered the food, medication, or supplies they need."

"Military families and the American people deserve answers about when our heroes will come home and how DoD plans to restore military readiness that has been drained by this war," continued the Senators. "Supply shortages and unjustified extended deployments also have a real impact on our ability to recruit and retain our servicemembers - why would anyone sign up to fight when they fear they will be exploited and left without supplies, recourse or support? Not only do we owe our troops the bare minimum respect and support they deserve, but it is a recruitment and retention imperative."

You can read the full letter HERE.

Senator Rosen has demanded more transparency from the Trump Administration regarding the war in Iran. In August, she helped introduce a bill that would restore full and accurate casualty records of fallen and wounded servicemembers in Iran. Senator Rosen also recently joined her Senate colleagues in demanding answers from the Department of Defense over the tragic U.S. bombing of an Iranian elementary school in February. Additionally, Senator Rosen has voted for every War Powers Resolution to remove U.S. troops from Iran since the beginning of the war earlier this year.

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