Article snippet: Democrats said Wednesday that the Trump administration failed to present evidence supporting the claim that a top Iranian general killed in a U.S. drone strike was planning an imminent attack. The frustration boiled over after back-to-back closed-door briefings on the strike that killed Iranian Quds Force leader Gen. Qassem Soleimani. Sen. MORE (D-Va.) called the briefing “sophomoric.” “I was utterly unpersuaded about any evidence about the imminence of a threat that was new or compelling,” Connolly said. Sen. MORE (D-N.J.), the top Democrat on the Foreign Relations Committee, said the administration did not provide clarity on a potential attack and questioned why they were withholding information from Congress. “I walk away unsatisfied in the key questions that I went into this briefing with, and it just makes me concerned that we cannot have clarity on those key questions — imminency, target, all of those things,” Menendez said. Sen. MORE (D-Mass.) said flatly “no.” The comments came after Defense Secretary MORE and Joint Chiefs of Staff Chairman Gen. Mark Milley briefed House and Senate lawmakers separately on the strike that killed Soleimani. The strike brought the United States and Iran to the brink of war, with Tehran retaliating by launching missiles Tuesday at military bases in Iraq housing U.S. troops. Tension appeared to diffuse Wednesday after MORE confirmed no Americans were killed in Tuesday’s attack and said Iran appeared to be “standing down.”... Link to the full article to read more