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   They're going to blow up your office first, Maxine.   
      
   Rep. Maxine Waters (D-Calif.) blasted President Trump’s   
   Republican allies in Congress on Monday, saying they would be   
   responsible if the U.S. and Iran go to war.   
      
   Waters cited the departures from the Pentagon of former Defense   
   Secretary James Mattis and other officials in arguing that   
   Republicans should not follow Trump's lead.   
      
   “OK Repubs. Keep shielding & protecting this impeached prez   
   despite his lies (15k); despite his unilaterally pulling out of   
   Iran deal; despite weak answers on imminent danger; despite   
   [former Defense Secretary James] Mattis quitting, now Pentagon   
   CoS quits; you are going to be responsible for dragging us to   
   war!”   
      
   OK Repubs. Keep shielding & protecting this impeached prez   
   despite his lies (15k); despite his unilaterally pulling out of   
   Iran deal; despite weak answers on imminent danger; despite   
   Mattis quitting, now Pentagon CoS quits; you are going to be   
   responsible for dragging us to war!   
      
   — Maxine Waters (@RepMaxineWaters) January 6, 2020   
   The Pentagon announced Monday that Eric Chewning, chief of staff   
   to Defense Secretary Mark Esper, will leave his position at the   
   end of the month, with Jen Stewart, the top GOP staffer for the   
   House Armed Services Committee, set to replace him.   
      
   The “weak answers to imminent danger” refers to claims by Trump   
   and Secretary of State Mike Pompeo that the U.S. killed Iranian   
   military commander Qassem Soleimani due to “imminent danger” of   
   an attack that would put American troops at risk. Pompeo has   
   declined to elaborate on the evidence and members of Congress   
   and the intelligence community have cast doubt on its validity.   
      
   Iran has threatened retaliation for the killing of Soleimani,   
   while Trump tweeted over the weekend that any response would be   
   met with targeted attacks on 52 unspecified targets, including   
   those of cultural significance.   
      
   https://thehill.com/homenews/house/476986-maxine-waters-   
   republicans-shielding-trump-going-to-be-responsible-for-dragging   
        
      
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