US envoy Barrack defends decision to join Israel in war on Iran

What happened: US envoy Tom Barrack defended the decision to join Israel in the war on Iran, saying President Trump did not follow Israel into the conflict, despite earlier comments from Trump's Secretary of State to the contrary. He spoke at the Global Security Forum in Doha. Why it matters: Barrack's remarks address a contradiction with the Secretary of State's earlier comments about how the decision to go to war was made. Key numbers: Omit.

US envoy Tom Barrack defended the decision to join Israel in the war on Iran, saying President Trump did not follow Israel into the conflict, despite earlier comments from Trump's Secretary of State to the contrary. He spoke at the Global Security Forum in Doha.

Barrack's remarks address a contradiction with the Secretary of State's earlier comments about how the decision to go to war was made. Key numbers: Omit.