The Senator got an answer, just not the one he wanted.
Everybody knows what The General was doing in Iraq. All of this bullshit of whether he was a eminent threat is just that, bullshit. His minions had stormed the gates of the US Embasy, and were pushed back. He was going to show up and take personal command and see the job through.
His plans just got interrupted by a one way ticket to Paradice.