Rep. Omar Challenges Pompeo for Endangering Americans with Soleimani Strike

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OMAR: “I ask this because Brian Hook, your special representative on Iran, received extra security at a speech in Los Angeles after attack, not in Baghdad, Los Angeles. Mr. Hook got protection from diplomatic security, the L.A.P.D. and counter-assault team. Look, I think making sure our public servants have proper security is incredibly important. But I have to ask, if we were so much safer after this strike, why did a U.S. diplomate need counter-assault team to protect him at a speech in California?”
POMPEO: “Yes, it’s undoubtedly the case that we’re all safer. There are distributional elements to this. That is, there are certain persons who made certain decisions that might be more at risk. But let me assure you, cumulatively, the American people are far more safer.”
OMAR: “I will say, sir, if you’re claiming that Americans are safer after this attack, apparently your department disagrees at least as far as —“
UNKNOWN: "Time.”
OMAR: “ — Mr. Hook and our embassy in Baghdad are concerned. I yield back.”