{"id":11496,"date":"2026-06-02T11:31:44","date_gmt":"2026-06-02T11:31:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/siliconvalleymovingpost.com\/?p=11496"},"modified":"2026-06-02T11:31:44","modified_gmt":"2026-06-02T11:31:44","slug":"rubio-will-testify-before-congress-for-the-first-time-since-the-start-of-the-iran-war","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/siliconvalleymovingpost.com\/?p=11496","title":{"rendered":"Rubio will testify before Congress for the first time since the start of the Iran war"},"content":{"rendered":"

By FARNOUSH AMIRI and MATTHEW LEE<\/strong><\/p>\n

WASHINGTON (AP) \u2014 Secretary of State Marco Rubio is set to face a litany of questions Tuesday about the Trump administration\u2019s fragile or stalling diplomatic efforts around the world when he appears for back-to-back hearings on Capitol Hill for the first time since the Iran war began.<\/p>

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The Republican former senator will sit before House and Senate committees to make the State Department\u2019s annual budget request. But the focus is likely to shift quickly to the already unsteady ceasefire between Washington and Tehran, which has been further tested in recent days by back-and-forth attacks.<\/p>\n

Cabinet members, including Rubio, have defended President Donald Trump\u2019s decision to launch the conflict despite promises over the years not to engage in \u201cforever wars\u201d in the Middle East. That work has been made more difficult by Trump\u2019s shifting goals for the conflict.<\/p>\n

While Rubio is testifying before Congress for the first time since the Iran war started on Feb. 28, he took part in a classified briefing for lawmakers days after the first U.S. and Israeli strikes. He faced Democrats\u2019 anger over the lack of congressional approval but strong support from most Republicans for taking action against one of America\u2019s oldest adversaries.<\/p>\n

In the two months since the war began, however, a small but growing faction of Republicans have joined Democrats in questioning the astronomical price tag and overall economic consequences of the conflict as they head into midterm elections in the fall. The war has cut tanker traffic in the Strait of Hormuz, a critical waterway through which 20% of the world\u2019s traded oil and natural gas passes in peacetime, spiking gas prices.<\/p>\n