/Iranian Supreme Leaders’ Office
By Yvonne Wingett Sanchez | Arizona
Arizona’s Sens. Kyrsten Sinema and Martha McSally are set to return to Capitol Hill on Monday, days after a targeted U.S. airstrike killed Iran Quds Force commander Qasem Soleimani and shook the Middle East.
Soleimani’s death, which has fueled anxieties about war between Iran and the United States, happened as Sinema, D-Ariz., and McSally, R-Ariz., marked their first year in the Senate and as McSally’s Senate race against Democrat Mark Kelly is poised to heat up.
A military confrontation with Iran would be the biggest national-security challenge faced by the two freshmen in their short tenures in the Senate.
Sinema and McSally are expected to attend a classified briefing early next week that Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., said he is arranging to discuss the high-level military operation in Iraq.
