Questioner presses witness on U.S. ceasefire; witness calls administration "an amateur move" over Lebanon omission

A questioner opened the exchange by stating, "United States has stopped bombing Iran," adding "Iran hasn't opened the straits," and asking, "So would The US get out of the ceasefire?" The question put the status of the ceasefire and the administration's approach to diplomatic terms at the center of the discussion.

A witness responded, "I don't know," and said they had "got nothing back from the administration," indicating no confirmed, written guidance or publicly available documentation on the issue. The witness urged that there should be "some direct dialogue and conversation, at least with some of the members of Congress," and noted that "there's nothing in writing" and that "all we hear is that there is going to be a proposed meeting." The witness emphasized uncertainty about whether Lebanon was included in any terms: "particularly with reference to whether Lebanon was included or not, I think that's an amateur move."

The witness also warned that diplomatic arrangements require time, saying, "you can't do these things in a matter of hours or days or weeks. It takes time to sit down and to make sure that you have an under complete understanding." The witness framed the administration's handling as insufficiently deliberate, calling it "an amateur move" in the context of "very, very sensitive" diplomacy.

The exchange in the transcript contains assertions and criticisms but records no formal action, written agreement, or definitive reply from the administration. The hearing transcript does not report any resolution, vote, or planned next steps on the record.