Giaritelli of the washington examiner. Scott, you are up first. Scott congressman, thank you for being here today. We have learned President Trump approved military strikes against iran in retaliation for downing a u. S. Military drone. He called that strike off 10 minutes before it was scheduled to happen. We know that gop leaders, including Kevin Mccarthy, have said there should be a measured response to the downing of the drone. What is your own position on this issue . Do you agree with gop leaders that we need to see retaliation, and what might that look like . Rep. Rogers there absolutely has to be some response to that provocative, unprovoked act. But it does need to be measured, and i think thats what the president is trying to decide, whether it needs to be a kinetic strike, like was being planned, or something in the way of other diplomatic approaches to put pressure on them. But i dont know what his thinking is right now. I think he is going to take some response. Make some
Him at the nexus of many big issues we are talking about this week. His district is home to fort benning, Anniston Army depot and Maxwell Gunter air force base. We are going to start with military related issues, congressman, let me turn you over to our two reporters scott wong of the hill and Anna Giaritelli of the washington examiner. Scott, you are up first. Scott congressman, thank you for being here today. We have learned President Trump approved military strikes against iran in retaliation for downing a u. S. Military drone. He called that strike off 10 minutes before it was scheduled to happen. We know that gop leaders, including Kevin Mccarthy, have said there should be a measured response to the downing of the drone. What is your own position on this issue . Do you agree with gop leaders that we need to see retaliation, and what might that look like . Rep. Rogers there absolutely has to be some response to that provocative, unprovoked act. But it does need to be measured, and
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