⭕️ Sen. Chris Murphy (D-Conn.) told reporters Tuesday he was barred from entering Al Udeid Air Base, the largest U.S. Air Force installation in the Middle East, during a congressional trip to the region, and that the Pentagon also refused to arrange a briefing on the Iran war. Murphy said that he wanted to see “the damage [the war has] caused to our facilities in the region and how it’s harmed our relationships with partners,” adding that his refusal was a part of “an active, unprecedented, unconstitutional effort underway to hide the costs” of the Iran war from Congress.