Democrat: Trump two-week Iran deadline 'not a bad thing'

Rep. Jim Himes (D-Conn.) tepidly praised President Trump on his handling of the ongoing military conflict between Israel and Iran, after the president said he would wait two weeks to decide whether to take direct action against Iran.

"The fact that we're not reading about a U.S. attack on Iran right now actually gives me a little bit of comfort," the top Democrat on the Intelligence Committee told independent broadcaster Jim Acosta in an interview posted online Thursday.

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