Gang of 8 members react to classified briefing
Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer said the classified briefing on Iran between Trump administration officials and members of the Gang of 8 "raised more questions than it answered."
"Look, a whole lot of questions were asked," Schumer told reporters Monday following the briefing on Capitol Hill. "I found their answers completely and totally insufficient. In fact, at least to me, that briefing raised many more questions than it answered."
House Speaker Mike Johnson, meanwhile, said he was "very satisfied" with the closed-door briefing after hearing from CIA Director John Ratcliffe, Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Gen. Dan Caine, Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth and Secretary of State Marco Rubio.
Johnson called the attack on Iran a "defensive operation" -- echoing Rubio's reasoning that an Israeli operation was already in motion -- and that the administration "had a very difficult decision to make."
"The first responsibility of the federal government is to protect the country and its interests, and that's what we did here," Johnson said.
-ABC News' Lauren Peller, John Parkinson, Hannah Demissie and Jay O'Brien





