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Ruben Gallego Slams U.S. Delay To Urge Citizens To Leave The Middle East Amid Iran War: 'Inexcusable And Incompetent'

Gallego said the delayed warning for Americans in the Middle East was inexcusable and put U.S. lives at risk.

Ruben Gallego Slams U.S. Delay To Urge Citizens To Leave The Middle East Amid Iran War: 'Inexcusable And Incompetent'
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Sen. Ruben Gallego criticized the State Department’s delayed warning for U.S. citizens to leave more than a dozen Middle Eastern countries amid the Iran war, calling the response “inexcusable and incompetent.” The article also quotes President Donald Trump discussing the possibility of U.S. ground troops and further escalation.

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