Intelligence leaders are set to brief Congress on Trump's Iran strikes
WASHINGTON — Members of Congress will hear directly from President Donald Trump's intelligence leaders Tuesday, receiving classified briefings just three days after Trump directed strikes on Iranian nuclear facilities and a day after Iran struck a U.S. base in Qatar.
The briefings also come the day after Trump proclaimed on social media that Israel and Iran had agreed that there will be an 'Official END' of their conflict.
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