Kirk Statement on Iran-Backed Houthi Rebels' Attempted Missile Attacks Against U.S. Navy Ship

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U.S. Senator Mark Kirk (R-Ill.) today issue a statement after the White House ordered Tomahawk cruise missile attacks against three radar sites on Yemen's coast controlled by Iranian-backed Houthi militants after Houthi militants tried for the second time this week to launch missile strikes against the U.S.S. Mason, a U.S. Navy guided missile destroyer.

"I am relieved the crew of the U.S.S. Mason remain safe and unharmed in the Red Sea after Iran-backed Houthi rebels repeatedly launched missile attacks at them. It's counterproductive, absurd and unacceptable that the White House keeps unilaterally relaxing financial sanctions against the Iranian terror-sponsoring regime while Iran continues to actively support Houthi militants in Yemen that are trying to kill American servicemen and servicewomen in the Middle East."

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