U.S. Sen. Joni Ernst was in the Granite State Friday morning, where the Iowa Republican spoke at a Politics and Eggs event. She says it’s been a difficult week in her home state, with two Iowans among the service members killed in the opening days of the war in Iran.Ernst contends that this conflict will ultimately make the region safer. >> Download the free WMUR app to get updates on the go <<“Our commander in chief is ensuring that neither Iran nor its proxies can ever take another one of our citizens’ lives,” said Ernst. “This objective is clear and sure that no American has to live under the threat of Iran-backed terror. Like every American, I have no desire to see long, drawn-out war.”Ernst is retiring from public office at the end of the year.She is the first woman combat veteran to serve in the U.S. Senate.
U.S. Sen. Joni Ernst was in the Granite State Friday morning, where the Iowa Republican spoke at a Politics and Eggs event.
She says it’s been a difficult week in her home state, with two Iowans among the service members killed in the opening days of the war in Iran.
Ernst contends that this conflict will ultimately make the region safer.
>> Download the free WMUR app to get updates on the go <<
“Our commander in chief is ensuring that neither Iran nor its proxies can ever take another one of our citizens’ lives,” said Ernst. “This objective is clear and sure that no American has to live under the threat of Iran-backed terror. Like every American, I have no desire to see long, drawn-out war.”
Ernst is retiring from public office at the end of the year.
She is the first woman combat veteran to serve in the U.S. Senate.