GOP lawmaker argues Marines on Kharg Island would not be ‘boots on the ground’

Should President Trump send U.S. forces to Iran’s Kharg Island, it wouldn’t count as “boots on the ground” in the country, Rep. Pete Sessions (R-Texas) argued Tuesday. Trump is mulling sending troops to secure the island, which handles roughly 90 percent of Iran’s crude oil exports, following strikes that targeted military infrastructure but left its…