{"database": "press", "table": "releases", "rows": [["https://www.schatz.senate.gov/news/press-releases/schatz-presses-hegseth-on-administrations-iran-war-planning-amid-scramble-to-relocate-weapons-systems-evacuate-personnel-after-war-started", "Schatz Presses Hegseth On Administration\u2019s Iran War Planning Amid Scramble To Relocate Weapons Systems, Evacuate Personnel After War Started", "2026-05-12", "2026", "2026-05", "Democrat", "Senate", "HI", "Brian Schatz", "S001194", "www.schatz.senate.gov", "schatz", "https://www.schatz.senate.gov/news/press-releases", "scraper", "WASHINGTON \u2013 During a Senate Appropriations subcommittee hearing, U.S. Senator Brian Schatz (D-Hawai\u2018i) pressed U.S. Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth on the Trump administration\u2019s preparedness for the Iran war given the scramble to move weapons systems from the Indo-Pacific and evacuate American personnel in the region after the war started. President Trump previously said the administration was \u201cshocked\u201d by Iran\u2019s response.\n\nSenator Schatz, a senior member of the Senate Appropriations Committee, asked Secretary Hegseth, \u201cThere are data points that seem to indicate that we did not see all of this coming. Parts of the THAAD and Patriot systems in South Korea were moved to the Middle East \u2013 this is after the [start of the] war. There was a rush to evacuate United States personnel. And Iran struck more than 200 structures and equipment at 16 U.S. sites. So Secretary, can you just reassure us that this was all foreseen and part of the plan? Or can you tell us whether there were any surprises here?\u201d\n\nSecretary Hegseth responded, \u201cI can reassure you that it was all accounted for.\u201d\n\n\u201cI\u2019m wondering why the president of the United States \u2013 our commander-in-chief \u2013 said that he was shocked that Iran would retaliate by striking other countries in the region. This was not just foreseeable, it was foreseen,\u201d said Senator Schatz. \u201cI\u2019m just trying to figure out \u2013 for those of us on the left and the right \u2013 who are wary of regime change war, who are wary of happy talk, who have learned through terrible experience the cost of this kind of adventurism \u2013 why is this any different?\u201d\n\nVideo of Senator Schatz\u2019s exchange with Secretary Hegseth is available here.\n\n###", 1, "2026-05-13T06:12:22Z", "2026-05-13T06:13:52Z"]], "columns": ["url", "title", "date", "year", "month", "party", "chamber", "state", "member_name", "bioguide_id", "domain", "scraper", "source", "date_source", "text", "has_text", "collected_at", "updated_at"], "primary_keys": ["url"], "primary_key_values": ["https://www.schatz.senate.gov/news/press-releases/schatz-presses-hegseth-on-administrations-iran-war-planning-amid-scramble-to-relocate-weapons-systems-evacuate-personnel-after-war-started"], "units": {}, "query_ms": 0.9378090035170317, "source": "dwillis/congress-press", "source_url": "https://github.com/dwillis/congress-press", "license": "MIT", "license_url": "https://github.com/dwillis/congress-press/blob/main/LICENSE"}