From: The Washington Post <[email protected]> To: <I Subject:The Daily 202: Ifs personal for the lead sponsors of the Iran war powers resolutions Date: Fri, 10 Jan 2020 17:21:51 +0000 If you're having trouble reading this, click here. VJ The Daily 202 Smre: fa lis Listen to The Big Idea It's personal for the lead sponsors of the Iran war powers resolutions —Rep. Elissa Slotkin (D-Mich.) gives an interview at the Capitol. (Susan Walsh/AP) Rep. Elissa Slotkin (D-Mich.) gives an interview at the Capitol. (Susan Walsh/AP) ITEM. BYLINE TEXT BY JAMES HOHMANN with Mariana Altaro THE BIG IDEA: Rep. Elissa Slotkin (D-Mich.) is a former CIA analyst who served three tours in Iraq as one of the American government's foremost experts on Iranian-backed Shiite militias before being appointed as an assistant secretary of defense with a focus on the Middle East. But that's not the only experience that motivated Slotkin to draft the resolution limiting President Trump's ability to take additional military action against Iran without congressional approval, which passed the House last night on a mostly party-line vote. EFTA00032518