'The mission was accomplished': Senate Republicans push back against leaked report on Iran strikes

Senate Republicans pushed back against a leaked summary that President Donald Trump s strikes on Iran did not obliterate the Islamic Republic s nuclear project but still wished more information on the full extent of the damage done to the key facilities A widely revealed low confidence assessment from the Defense Intelligence Agency DIA suggested that the weekend strikes dubbed Operation Midnight Hammer did not comprehensively destroy Iran's nuclear capabilities DEM SENATOR PLOWS AHEAD WITH WAR POWERS RESOLUTION DESPITE CEASEFIRETrump has remained firm that the sites were totally obliterated and the White House has strongly pushed back against the document And both the Israeli and Iranian governments agree that the sites were badly damaged Members of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee and Senate Armed Services Committee informed Fox News Digital that they were confident in the president s assessment and pushed back against the DIA s findings First of all one of the things I'd consider is the DIA announced that Ukraine would be wiped out in three days Sen Kevin Cramer R-N D described Fox News Digital And second whatever the damage to Fordow is the damage to the nuclear capabilities of Iran are devastating 'NOT OUR ROLE' LAWMAKERS CAUTIOUS OVER MIDDLE EAST PEACE NOT READY FOR REGIME CHANGECramer disclosed that the effectiveness of the bombing which was carried out by several B- bombers armed with bunker-busting bombs could not be overstated and warned that lingering questions surrounding the effectiveness of the operation were just fodder for political discussion I think the mission was accomplished he explained Senate Armed Services Committee Chair Roger Wicker R-Miss had not yet read the description but called the DIA s finding and subsequent news reports bogus Wicker s sentiment came just after Senate Republicans met behind closed doors with Israeli Ambassador Yechiel Leiter We just spoke to the Israeli ambassador to the United States just a scant moments ago and his assessment is that their capability has been destroyed for years Wicker declared 'NOT CONSTITUTIONAL' CONGRESS INVOKES NEW WAR POWERS RESOLUTION TO REJECT TRUMP'S STRIKES ON IRANStill just how damaged the nuclear facilities are particularly the Fordow Fuel Enrichment Plant buried deep under layers of rock is a question lawmakers want answered and believe would only come from a true boots-on-the-ground assessment Senators are set to receive a briefing Thursday afternoon from Trump functionaries on the strikes and expect to learn more about the true extent of the damage Sen Mike Rounds R-S D advised Fox News Digital that he d seen all the evidence and there was not an inconsistency between the president s assertions and the materials he had seen He declared that the briefing would allow lawmakers a chance from multiple sources to glean what's literally down deep underneath but noted that until more clear information was available absolute confirmation of the total damage wrought by the bombs was not complete Whether another strike should be authorized should further intelligence show that the effort was not fully destroyed Rounds declared another strike depends on what the other options would be I don't think you ever take anything off the table for the president but there might be other techniques of handling it as well because we've really opened that place up now he explained