US House of Representatives Speaker Nancy Pelosi said on Thursday the United States has no appetite to go to war with Iran, after Tehran shot down a US military surveillance drone over the Strait of Hormuz.
Pelosi, the top Democrat in Congress, told reporters at a regular news briefing that 20 lawmakers will receive a briefing on the “dangerous situation” in Iran at 11 a.m. ET/1500 GMT.
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