Democratic senator says Trump on 'path toward deploying' US troops in Iran

Democratic senator says Trump on 'path toward deploying' US troops in Iran Submitted by Yasmine El-Sabawi on Tue, 03/10/2026 - 19:50 Richard Blumenthal spoke to reporters after a closed briefing provided to the Senate Armed Services Committee Democratic Senator from Connecticut, Richard Blumenthal, speaks to reporters after a classified briefing on the US-Israeli war on Iran, on Capitol Hill in Washington, DC, on 10 March 2026 (Kylie Cooper/Reuters) Off Democratic Senator Richard Blumenthal on Tuesday told reporters he believes the Trump administration is "on a path toward deploying American troops on the ground in Iran". Blumenthal was speaking to reporters on Capitol Hill after emerging from a classified briefing for members of the Senate Armed Services Committee. This comes as the Reuters news agency, citing unnamed sources, reported on Tuesday that at least 150 US troops have been wounded in the US- Israeli war on Iran thus far.