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Trump’s Top Counterterrorism Official Resigns in Protest Over Iran War
“I cannot in good conscience support the ongoing war in Iran. Iran posed no imminent threat to our nation,” he said.
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Top Counterterrorism Official Resigns in Protest of Iran War
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A top counterterrorism official who twice received President Donald Trump’s endorsement in failed bids for Congress announced he was resigning in protest of the Iran war, arguing that Israel had dragged the US into the conflict.
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Joe Kent, a Top Counterterrorism Official for the Trump Administration, Resigns, Citing Iran War
Mr. Kent announced his resignation as director of the National Counterterrorism Center. He said that pressure from Israel had pushed President Trump into war against Iran.
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A Top Official Just Quit in Protest of the Iran War. His Resignation Letter Reveals One of the Biggest Fallacies About Trump.
Kent has a long history of conspiratorial thinking that has twice cost him winnable congressional races.
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Top US counterterrorism official resigns over Iran war, urging Trump to 'reverse course'
National Counterterrorism Center Director Joe Kent says Trump "started this war due to pressure from Israel and its powerful American lobby".
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Top Trump counterterrorism official resigns over Iran war
President Trump's director of the National Counterterrorism Center, Joe Kent, announced his immediate resignation Tuesday, citing the administration's decision to intervene in Iran.
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Joe Kent, a top counterterrorism official, resigns citing Iran war
Kent said he "cannot in good conscience" back the Iran war. In his resignation letter, he says Iran "posed no imminent threat to our nation."
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White House Blasts Anti-War Coverage As ‘Fake News’ Minutes After Top Official Resigns Over Iran
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Joe Kent, Trump’s counterterrorism director, becomes first administration official to resign over Iran war
Joe Kent, the director of President Donald Trump‘s National Counterterrorism Center, announced his resignation Tuesday. Kent served 11 combat tours before joining the Central Intelligence Agency in 2018 and taking over the administration’s counterterrorism center last summer. He is the first high-ranking Trump administration official to leave his post…
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