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US CENTCOM Chief Briefs Congress on Middle East Military Priorities
(MENAFN) Admiral Brad Cooper, commander of U.S. Central Command (CENTCOM), appeared before the House Appropriations Committee's Defense Subcommittee on Monday, delivering a closed briefing on American military operational priorities across the Middle East as regional tensions remain dangerously elevated.
Cooper is scheduled to carry the briefing to the Senate counterpart committee on Tuesday, CENTCOM confirmed via its account on X.
"These sessions follow public briefings to the Armed Services Committees last month," the command said in a statement.
The congressional consultations come at a critical juncture. The Middle East has been in a state of sustained volatility since U.S. and Israeli forces launched coordinated airstrikes against Iran in late February — a move that triggered retaliatory strikes by Tehran against Israel and several regional countries hosting American military assets.
A temporary ceasefire reached on April 8 offered a brief window of relative calm, but momentum quickly dissipated as disputes over implementation terms and subsequent developments on the ground caused negotiations to stall.
Cooper's back-to-back congressional appearances signal that Washington is moving to keep lawmakers closely informed as diplomatic efforts to reach a more durable agreement with Iran enter what President Donald Trump has described as their final stages.
Cooper is scheduled to carry the briefing to the Senate counterpart committee on Tuesday, CENTCOM confirmed via its account on X.
"These sessions follow public briefings to the Armed Services Committees last month," the command said in a statement.
The congressional consultations come at a critical juncture. The Middle East has been in a state of sustained volatility since U.S. and Israeli forces launched coordinated airstrikes against Iran in late February — a move that triggered retaliatory strikes by Tehran against Israel and several regional countries hosting American military assets.
A temporary ceasefire reached on April 8 offered a brief window of relative calm, but momentum quickly dissipated as disputes over implementation terms and subsequent developments on the ground caused negotiations to stall.
Cooper's back-to-back congressional appearances signal that Washington is moving to keep lawmakers closely informed as diplomatic efforts to reach a more durable agreement with Iran enter what President Donald Trump has described as their final stages.
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