For now, a cease-fire between Iran and Israel appears to be holding, following a 12 day period of fighting between the two countries that culminated in an attack on three Iranian nuclear sites by the US, and a counterattack by Iran on an American military base in Qatar.
The strikes, and subsequent peace agreement, have been met with a variety of responses from American lawmakers.
Is this a military victory? A violation of constitutional oversight? A failed attempt to take out a nuclear power?
Congressman Michael Baumgartner joins us to discuss.
Plus: how he’s feeling six months into representing the 5th Congressional District, and why he voted in favor of President Trump’s big, beautiful, bill.
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