Gillibrand Statement On Service Member Deaths In Iran War

Washington, D.C. – Today, U.S. Senator Kirsten Gillibrand (D-NY), a member of the U.S. Senate Armed Services Committee, released the following statement on President Trump’s war with Iran following the deaths of three more American troops over the weekend:

“This weekend, three more American service members lost their lives and one remains missing in action. Seventeen of our troops are now dead in a war with no clear objective, no exit strategy, and no end in sight.

“I sit on the Armed Services Committee. I have demanded a strategy. I have asked for benchmarks. I have asked what winning even looks like. The administration has been unable to answer. Silence and more strikes are not a strategy. 

“Meanwhile, American families are paying more for gas and more for groceries, and they’re paying for a war they never asked for and do not support. Billions of taxpayer dollars are being poured into a conflict that has secured nothing, while the cost of living keeps climbing at home.

“Our troops deserve a president who can define their mission and outline when they’re coming home. Right now, they have neither. The families of the service members we lost this weekend deserve the truth, not more excuses.”