The Wall Street Journal reported that the top Democrat on the Armed Services Committee of the US House of Representatives, Adam Smith, called for an investigation into the war with Iran and US military attacks in the Caribbean and Latin America. The newspaper said that Smith, a representative from the state of Washington, in a letter addressed to his colleagues on Wednesday, in which he announced his efforts to assume the chairmanship of the committee in the next session of Congress, called to reduce the military budget and conduct investigations into the investments of the Department of Defense (Pentagon) in defense companies. "As chairman of the Armed Services Committee, our top priority in the next session of Congress will be strong oversight of the War Department and the Trump administration," Smith wrote in the letter.

The Wall Street Journal reported that the top Democrat on the Armed Services Committee of the US House of Representatives, Adam Smith, called for an investigation into the war with Iran and US military attacks in the Caribbean and Latin America. The newspaper said that Smith, a representative from the state of Washington, in a letter addressed to his colleagues on Wednesday, in which he announced his efforts to assume the chairmanship of the committee in the next session of Congress, called to reduce the military budget and conduct investigations into the investments of the Department of Defense (Pentagon) in defense companies. "As chairman of the Armed Services Committee, our top priority in the next session of Congress will be strong oversight of the War Department and the Trump administration," Smith wrote in the letter.