Sen. Ben Sasse (R-Neb.) says Congress needs to get to the bottom of what President Trump was told about Russia offering bounties to Taliban…
Sen. Ben Sasse (R-Neb.) says Congress needs to get to the bottom of what President Trump was told about Russia offering bounties to Taliban militants to kill coalition troops in Afghanistan, calling for a “proportional response” from the U. S.
Sasse, a member of the Senate Intelligence Committee, told reporters Monday that explosive reports over the weekend that Russia’s military intelligence agency, the GRU, offered bounties on U. S. service members should be investigated by Congress and the effort should transcend the “short-term politics” he said usually dominates Capitol Hill.
“I’ve been hearing from military families in Nebraska constantly for the last 36 hours and they’re livid,” he said. “This is a story about the targeting of American men and women in uniform. This is about putting crosshairs on the backs of people who are fighting for our freedom. This is not about short-term politics.”
Sasse said Congress “is broken” and needs to pull together to “get to the bottom of two questions.”
“Who knew what, when inside the administration. Did the commander-in-chief know? If not, why the heck not? What’s going on in that process?”
Sasse said the second question is “what is our plan to impose proportional response on our enemies in this battle?”
He said such a response “would mean Taliban and GRU agents in body bags.
