# US Senator Murphy says Pentagon denied him access to US base in Qatar

https://mins.news/en/item/88076

- Reuters, 2026-10-06 13:45 UTC
- Politics
- Original: https://www.reuters.com/world/us/us-senator-murphy-says-pentagon-denied-him-access-us-base-qatar-2026-10-06/?link_source=ta_bluesky_link&taid=6ac4fb60a431ad00017b0ce8

> Democratic US Senator Chris Murphy said the Department of Defense barred him from entering a key US military base in Qatar during his Middle East visit. He described the denial as part of a US government effort to conceal the impact of the Iran war.

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