Pete Sessions

GOP Lawmaker Signals Support for Securing Iranian Oil Hub as Questions Mount Over Escalation

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Rep. Pete Sessions (R-TX) is raising the prospect of a new phase in U.S. involvement in the Middle East, suggesting that thousands of American Marines now headed to the region could be tasked with securing Iran’s Kharg Island—an energy hub central to the country’s oil exports. The comments come just days after President Donald Trump…

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