US Senator Lindsey Graham Dies After Brief Illness
🎖️ WASHINGTON — The Senate's loudest Iran hawk is gone mid-war; someone fills that vacuum. 📌 LOOK CLOSER: Graham was the Senate's most consistent voice for military escalation against Iran, backing every CENTCOM strike package publicly. His death opens a hawkish flank in Congress as Pentagon signals cash constraints and mediators press for an off-ramp. The succession in SC takes weeks — the vacuum lands during the narrowest diplomatic window of the war.
