US: Democrats say administration briefing on Soleimani fell short Several Democratic senators say Trump administration officials failed to demonstrate during a briefing that Iranian General Qasem Soleimani posed an "imminent threat" to the United States when he was killed in a US strike in Baghdad. "We did not get information inside that briefing that there was a specific, imminent threat that we were halting through the operation conducted last Thursday night," Senator Chris Murphy, Democrat of Connecticut, tells reporters at the Capitol. IMAGES AND SOUNDBITES