利雅得，10月6日——美国民主党参议员克里斯·墨菲表示，美国国防部在他访问中东期间拒绝让他进入卡塔尔一处关键美军基地，他称此举是美国政府试图掩盖伊朗战争影响的一部分。五角大楼未立即回应置评请求。
RIYADH, Oct 6 - US Democratic Senator Chris Murphy said the US Department of Defense denied him access to a key US military base in Qatar during a visit to the Middle East, describing it as part of a US government effort to conceal the impact of the Iran war. The Pentagon did not immediately respond to a request for comment.
乌代德空军基地是该地区最大的美军基地，在美以于2月发动的战争中多次遭到伊朗袭击。
The Al Udeid Air Base is the largest US base in the region and has repeatedly been attacked by Iran during the war launched by the US and Israel in February.
墨菲在利雅得（他此行的第二站）对一小群记者表示：“这次行程让我确信，目前正在进行一场活跃的、史无前例的、违宪的行动，旨在向国会和美国民众隐瞒这场战争的成本及其影响。”
"This trip confirmed for me that there is an active, unprecedented, unconstitutional effort underway to hide the costs of this war and the implications of this war from Congress and the American people," Murphy told a small group of journalists in Riyadh, the second stop on his trip.
他还表示，五角大楼拒绝在他身处该地区期间为他安排关于该战争的简报。
He also said that the Pentagon refused to set up a briefing for him on the war while he was in the region.
他说：“在我担任参议员期间，我从未遇到过这种情况，这是蓄意混淆视听行动的一部分，我在国会的共和党同僚应当要求终止这一行动。”
"I've never encountered anything like this in my time in the Senate and it's part of a deliberate campaign of obfuscation that my Republican colleagues in Congress should demand an end to," he said.
然而，墨菲明确指出，美国国务卿马可·鲁比奥促成了他的访问，包括安排与外交官的会面，他将这一立场与五角大楼的态度进行了对比。
Murphy made clear, however, that US Secretary of State Marco Rubio had facilitated his visit, including arranging meetings with diplomats, a stance he contrasted with that of the Pentagon.
在访问期间，墨菲会见了卡塔尔埃米尔塔米姆·本·哈马德·阿勒萨尼、沙特王储穆罕默德·本·萨勒曼以及其他海湾高级官员。
During his trip, Murphy met with Qatari Emir Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad al Thani and with Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman as well as other senior Gulf officials.