Rubio Defends Iran War, Ebola Response in Combative Hearing (2)

Secretary of State Marco Rubio defended the US war effort in Iran, as well as the Trump administration’s global public health strategy amid a worsening Ebola outbreak, as he faced hostile questions from Democrats in a hearing before Congress on Tuesday.

Rubio said the US military has destroyed much of Iran’s missile and drone capability, though he conceded Iran still has a lot of drones because they’re easy to manufacture. He also said Tehran had mined large portions of the Strait of Hormuz, which Iran has effectively closed since the start of the Pentagon’s Operation Epic Fury against Tehran — ...