National Security Advisor Jake Sullivan appeared on multiple talk shows Sunday, and on ABC’s “This Week” he said that the recent strikes against Iranian-backed militias in retaliation for the deaths of three U.S. servicemembers was “only the beginning” of our response.
Sullivan:
Well, the first thing that I would say, and you noted it at the top of your program, is that this was the beginning of a – of our response. There will be more steps. Some of those steps will be seen. Some may not be seen. But there will be more action taken to respond to the death of the – the tragic death of the three brave U.S. service members.
“There will be more action taken to respond to the tragic death of the three brave U.S. service members.”
National security adviser Jake Sullivan says that U.S. retaliation against Iran-backed militants was the “beginning of our response.”