CENTCOM chief rips veteran rep’s 'entirely inappropriate' comment in tense exchange (opens in new tab)

During a House Armed Services Committee hearing on Capitol Hill on Tuesday, May 19, Adm. Brad Cooper — head of U.S. Central Command (CENTCOM) — was aggressively grilled by Rep. Seth Moulton (D-Massachusetts) about the Iran war and the blocking of the Strait of Hormuz. The New England Democrat had very specific questions, but during their uneasy back-and-forth, Cooper took offense at a comment by Moulton he attacked as "entirely inappropriate."Moulton, himself a veteran of the U.S. Marines Cor...