Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard did not say at a Senate Intelligence Committee hearing if Iran's nuclear program presented an "imminent threat," deflecting questions about whether U.S. intelligence backed up White House statements on the rationale for launching the war.

Gabbard has not publicly endorsed the decision to go to war and had stayed mostly silent. During the hearing on worldwide threats, she omitted language from her written remarks that stated Iran had not tried to rebuild its uranium enrichment capability after last year’s U.S. airstrikes. That assessment appeared to contradict what Trump has said.