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Joe Kent, Trump’s counterterrorism director, becomes first administration official to resign over Iran war

Mar 17, 2026Center Right

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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